CM - The Secret Garden: Capters 1-9
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 bleak | providing no shelter or sustenance |
| sallow | unhealthy looking |
| desolate | pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment |
| turret | a small ornamental tower on a building |
| burly | muscular and heavily built |
| fatal | bringing death |
| treacle | a pale cane syrup |
| alcove | a small recess opening |
| cholera | a deadly disease of the intestines |
| languid | without energy, sluggish |
| gorse | a type of plant with spiny leaves |
| brougham | light carriage |
| preen | clean and straighten feathers to put them back where they belong. |
| appalling | filled with honor, shock or dismay |
| impudent | bold and offensive |
| victual | food fit for human consumption |
| bungalow | a small house with a single story |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance; domineering |
| incredulously | a manner that shows disbelief |
| hunchback | a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine. |
| vicarage | the house of vicar or clergy member |
| pert | high spirited; lively |
| servile | submissive in attitude or behavior |
| surly | inclined to anger and bad feelings |
| obsequious | attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery |
| moor | open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather or a bracken moss. |
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