List 1B

BJU Press Homeschool - 1B Word List

shashliks

shish kebab

samovars

metal urns used for boiling tea (Russian)

full of prance

lively

veneer

a thin layer of fine wood laid on top of inferior wood

Victrola

record player

retaining fee

fee for hiring a lawyer

Sing Sing

state prison in New York

bombasting

using inflated or loft language

ordinance

city regulation

Segowlee cantonment

British military station in India

scuttled

scurried

draggled

wet and dirty

bungalow

a one-story house with a low-pitched roof

veranda

porch

cowered

shrank

Brahm

the supreme god of the Hindus

snakeling

small snake

gait

manner of movement

providence

a God-sent gift

sluice

drain

purchase

advantage

flesh brush

for bathing

singed

burned

valiant

courageous

consolation

comfort

piping

chirping

town crier

one who shouts public announcements

demise

death

genial

friendly

menace

threat

poised cobra

one ready to strike

curriculum

courses

sadist

one who delights in curelty

amiable

friendly

bobbed

moved up and down

pulverize

pound

absurd

silly

feint

fake

jab

punch

falsetto

high

geyser

spray

shambling

shuffling

squeamish

sickened

valor

courage

meager

few

superbly

exceptionally

indiciment

a legal document charging a person with a specific offense

chateau

French manor house

terminus

end

alleviate

to make more bearable

cogs

the teeth in a wheel or gear

Legation

the minister and staff who represent the interests of a specific government in a foreign country

obdurate

hardhearted; stubborn

appallingly

frightfully

furtive

with hidden motives or purposes

commute

change the penalty to a lower one

scaled

climbed

ineffectual

powerless

Chairs

portable chairs on which a rider sits while being carried by two porters

coolies

porters

looting

violent robbing on a large scale

composed

calm

deterred

prevented

pillaged

thoroughly robbed

amied

during

carnage

great slaughter

fortitude

strength to bear pain with courage

meager

few

out of hand

immediatley

sacked

stripped of valuables

retort

reply

assailed

violently attacked

perils

dangers

summoned

sent for

harangued

delivered long speeches to

repulsed

pushed away

persisted

firmly continued

quiver

tremble

detained

delayed

sickle

tool with a curved blade and short handle

transpired

happened

desultory

random

furtively

secretly

procured

obtained

infested

overun

Lactogen

prepared baby formula