The Landlady Vocab

For English 2, Webber

Briskly

Quickly with energy, with purpose

Porches

Small cover over doors

Facade

The front of a building, false front

Hearth

Area in front of a fireplace

Congenial

Agreeable, happy, cheerful

Dithering

State of indecision

Conjured

To bring up as if by magic

Compulsion

An irresistable force

Threshold

Bottom of a door, base of a door, a new beginning

Swamped

Flooded, overwhelmed, overflow

Bedspread

Prrotective covering over a bed

Bedclothes

Sheets and blankets

Trotted

A fast walk

Cosy

Comfortable, warm, soft

Frisky

Energetic, lively

Dainty

Small, gentle, fragile

Lingers

Something that remains after you expect it to

Tantalizing

Something just out of reach

Whiff

A small smell

Emanate

To come out of

Blemish

Not a spot on something

Lapsed

To pass into