LS vocabulary review

Workhouse

A public institution in which paupers were housed and required to work.

Beggar

A person, typically a homeless one, who lives by asking for money or food.

Bad-tempered

Easily annoyed or made angry.

Beadle

Historically, a parish officer with various duties, such as keeping order in church, punishing minor offenders, or ushering at a university.

Undertaker

A person whose business is to prepare dead bodies for burial or cremation and to make arrangements for funerals.

Parcel

A container or package holding items for shipping or delivery, often associated with personal mail and goods.

Burial

The action or practice of burying a dead body.

Dreadful

Causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious.

Magistrate

A civil officer who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offenses and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.

Pounds

A type of currency used in Great Britain.

Murmur

A low indistinct but often continuous sound.

Misery

A state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort.

Handkerchief

A square of cotton or other finely woven material, typically carried in one's pocket or purse for blowing one's nose or wiping one's eyes, face, or hands.

Disagreeable

Something or someone that is unpleasant, offensive, or not to one's liking.

Witnesses

People who have seen the committing of a crime.

Pavement

The side of the road where people can walk on foot.

Demand

The expression of a person when wanting something.

Furiously

To do something with anger or great force.

Reluctantly

With unwillingness and hesitation; disinclined.

Disappearance

The instance or situation of something/someone gone missing.

Interrupted

To cut in between or to stop the process of something.

Nonsense

Something that lacks sense, is illogical, or is considered silly or untrue.

Shillings

A former British coin and monetary unit equal to one twentieth of a pound or twelve pence.

Illegitimate

(Of a child) born of parents not married to each other.

Desperately

In a way that shows despair or being stuck in a situation.

Amazement

A feeling of great surprise or wonder.

Frowning

The action of forming an expression of disapproval, displeasure, or concentration by furrowing one's brows.

Passage

A narrow way allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building; a passageway.

Unconscious

Not awake and aware of and responding to one's environment.

Mechanically

Without thought or spontaneity; automatically.

Spoil

Harm the character of someone, especially a child, by being too lenient or indulgent.

Doubtful

Feeling uncertain about something.

Ruin

To destroy.

Politician

A person who studies and knows about politics.

Dim

To lower, usually light.

Leant

To have leaned on something for balance.

Pawnbroker

A person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security.

Locket

A small ornamental case, typically made of gold or silver, worn around a person's neck on a chain and used to hold a miniature photograph or a curl of hair.

Expedition

A journey undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, research, or war.

Clumsiness

The quality of being awkward or careless in one's movements.

Temper

A person's state of mind seen in terms of their being angry or calm.

Crept

Moved slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed.

Suspicion

A feeling or thought that something is possible, likely, or true.

Spirit

The nonphysical part of a person, often regarded as an individual's true self or soul.

Despair

The complete loss or absence of hope.

Seize

Take hold of suddenly and forcibly.

Contentment

A state of happiness and satisfaction.

Inheritance

A thing that is inherited, usually wealth or possessions.

Fraud

Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.

Part

To separate or go different ways.

Jerk

A quick, sharp, sudden movement.

Baby-farm

Refers to a facility that traps and exploits pregnant women.

Enthusiasm

Intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.