Tales from a Troubled Land
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ttempleton on February 9, 2012
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6 short stories from Alan Paton's Tales of a Troubled Land
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 docile | teachable; easily raised |
| debutant | person who makes a first performance |
| obtuse | dull, not harsh |
| baffled | confused |
| Industrial Conciliation Act | 1956 part of apartheid in South Africa. Prohibited mixed race unions and strikes. Legalized saving skilled jobs for white workers. |
| nonchalant | casual, unexcited |
| parodied | humorous imitation |
| tottie | slang for promiscuous woman |
| piously | reverence for God |
| Unity Movement | nonwhites organized together against apartheid |
| cynically | pessimistic |
| blackguard | serve in a lowly fashion |
| boycott | abstain from buying or using |
| defiantly | attitude of resistance or challenge |
| proposition | a suggestion |
| perils | dangers |
| irresolute | hestitating |
| loomed | came into view |
| grotesque | odd, ugly |
| lorry | truck or wagon for transporting goods |
| entrails | guts |
| idiom | expression |
| trivial | insignificant |
| obliquely | sideways, slanted |
| indifference | lack of concern |
| tweak | pinch |
| estrangement | separation |
| waif | child without a family |
| pilfering | stealing in small quantities |
| concealed | covered, secret |
| apprehension | fear of trouble |
| delinquent | guilty person |
| deception | fraud |
| tuberculosis | lung disease |
| homely | common |
| prodigal | wasteful, reckless |
| resolve | decision |
| plausible | credible, truthful |
| enginmatic | mysterious |
| hostels | cheap lodgings |
| punctual | on time |
| meneer | mister, sir |
| mollified | soften feelings |
| rebuke | reprimand, scold |
| exploits | notable deeds |
| Afrikaans | official language of South Africa (like Dutch) |
| excluded | kept out |
| asperity | harsh tone |
| morose | gloomy mood |
| insolent | disrespectful |
| affronted | offense to one's self-respect |
| coup | successful act |
| subdued | controlled, quiet |
| duly | punctually |
| impassively | without emotion |
| menace | threatens to cause evil |
| adders | venemous snakes |
| oversight | error |
| alabaster | white material like marble |
| mate | friend, associate |
| constrained | embarassed |
| inarticulateness | lacking the ability to express oneself |
| absconding | running away |
| presumption | assumption |
| downcast | depressed |
| bungler | clumsy person |
| divine | god-like |
| perversity | rejecting what is right |
| negligent | guilty of not doing something one should do |
| purge | cleanse, purify |
| rebuking | reprimanding, sharp disapproval |
| exemplary | worthy of imitation |
| expenditure | using, consuming |
| tranquility | peace |
| adjutant | assistant |
| misery | extreme unhappiness |
| stoep | veranda (in Afrikaans) |
| idled | wasted through laziness |
| cocksure | confident, too certain |
| remote | far |
| reprove | correct gently |
| currying favor | saying that means to seek to advance oneself through flattery or fawning |
| unabashed | not ashamed |
| dejection | depressed |
| mess | cafeteria |
| domestic | household |
| solicitously | ansiously concerned |
| diplomatic | tactful, skilled in dealing with sensitive matters |
| calculatingly | cautiously |
| reproachfully | full of blame |
| compelled | forced |
| span | team |
| aloof | at a distance, indifferent |
| pawns | Chess piece, used in story as someone manipulated to further another person's purposes |
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