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In Cold Blood, Week 5

Terms in this set (15)

Dourness
(n) sullenness or strernness
Gemutlich Melange
(n) a cozy or cheerful mixture or melody
Hassocks
(pl) upholstered footstools or ottomans; firm clumps of grass or matted vegetation in a marshy area or boggy ground
Whetted
(v) sharpened the blade or a tool or weapon
Cantankerous
(adj) bad-tempered, and argumentative, and uncooperative
Repose
(n) a state of rest, sleep, or tranquility
Venire
(n) a writ issued by a judge to a sheriff directing the summons of prospective jurors
Vicissitudes
(pl.n) changes or circumstances of fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant
Chagrined
(past tense v) to have felt distressed or humiliated
Dirge
(n) a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite; a mournful song piece of music, or poem
Prevaricating
(v) speak or act in an evasive way
Bludgeoned
(past tense v) to have beaten someone repeatedly with a heavy object
Anathema
(n) something or someone that one vehemently dislikes; a formal curse by a pope or a council of the church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine
Malodorous
(adj) smelling very unpleasant
Progeny
(n) a descendant of a person, animal,or plant; offspring
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