English Literature - Rebecca vocabulary (chapters 19-27)

Foggy

Unable to think clearly/confused

Distress

An extreme feeling of anxiety, sorrow or pain

Degrading

Causing someone to feel degraded or to lose self-respect; humiliating or disrespectful

Torment

Severe physical or mental suffering; anguish

Resignation

The acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable

Resolution

A firm decision to do or not to do something

Trickle

To come, go, or appear slowly or gradually

Abstracted

Lacking concentration on what is happening around one

Padded

Filled or covered with soft material for the purpose of protection, comfort, or to add shape

Rattled

Make (someone) nervous, worried, or irritated

Sea-cocks

A valve in the hull of a vessel below the water line for admitting sea water or for pumping out bilge water

Waterlogged

Saturated with or full of water

Cobbled

Paved with cobbles

Thrusting

 The motion of pushing or lunging suddenly or violently

Sombre

Having or conveying a feeling of deep seriousness or sadness

Bungalow

 A single, cosy single-story house or cottage

Clandestine

Kept secret or done secretly, often implying deceit or concealment

Tugging

Pulling or exerting a gentle force on something, often done repeatedly or nervously

Monotony

To lack of variety and interest; tedious repetition and routine

Suburbs

 An outlying district of a city, especially a residential one

Outskirts

The outer parts of a town or city

Blotter

A sheet or pad of paper on a frame, kept on a desk

Corrugated

Shaped into a series of parallel ridges and grooves so as to give added rigidity and strength

Ravenously

In an extremely hungry way