Book Club Vocabulary #1

Corrugated

(of material, surface, or structure) shaped into alternate ridges or grooves.

Penitent

feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses.

Sharecroppers

A tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent.

Insensate

lacking physical sensation.

Perplexed

completely puzzled or baffled.

Stanchion

an upright bar, post, or frame forming a support or barrier.

Bailiff

an official in a court of law who keeps order, looks after prisoners, etc

Feeble

lack of physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness.

Skiff

a shallow, flat-bottomed open boat with sharp bow and square stern.

Divinity

The state of being divine or god-like.

Pugnacious

eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight.

Pinnacle

The most successful point; the culmination.

Sodden

to be saturated with liquid, and soaked through.

Varicolored

consisting of several different colors.

Presiding

to be in a position of authority in a meeting or other gathering.

Chasten

(of a rebuke or misfortune) have a restraining or moderating effect on.

Chambray

a linen-finished gingham cloth with a white weft and a colored warp, producing a mottled appearance.

Destitute

without the basic necessities of life.

Tiddlywink

a game in which small plastic counters are flicked into a central receptacle by being pressed on the edge with a larger counter.

Victuals

 food usable by people, provisions