my antonia - vocab
Coroner - The person who investigates and finds out all the information of one’s death
Essence - The irreplaceable nature and quality of something
Clemency - Leniency
Heathenish - Not religious at all
Venerable - Honorable, respectable, worthy of respect
Livery - A distinctive uniform worn by a group (For example: uniforms for soldiers and jerseys forathletes)
Beneficent - being kind - A trait of a generous person who does things resulting in good
Forestalled - obstructed, delayed
Cultivate - try to acquire or develop a skill OR prepare and use land for crops and gardening
Slavishly - submissive and unoriginally
Destitute - needy, penniless, poor
Obliterated - completely destroyed
Colic - A disease/sickness where you feel pain in your abdomen. of a horse’s intestinal tract that causes difficulty breathing
Insinuatingly - Hinting, suggesting, subtle
Deferred - give way to; accepted another’s will or authority
Autocratic - Relating to a ruler who has absolute power
Blustery - windy, gusty, blowy
Bravado - boldness, showiness
Patroness - a financial supporter
Ardent - devoted, passionate
Solicitous - Considerate attentive
Impetuously - offhandedly, spontaneously
Encumbered - weighed down, overloaded
Bantering - good-humored, playful talk
Droll - curious or unusual which provides dry humor
Hectoring - Talking in a bullying way.
Dapper - Neat and trim in dress and appearance
Mastiff - A dog of a large, strong breed with droopy ears and pendulous lips
Quinsy - Old-fashioned name of the disease Tonsillitis
Drawside - Old-fashioned name for one side of a sloped piece of land (like a riverbed)
Ardent - devoted, passionate
Undulating - smoothly rolling or waving
Uncouth - without manners
Torpor - inactivity, sluggishness
Tintype - type of picture that is created by coating a thin piece of metal with enamel
Laconically - briefly
Emaciated - thin, starved
Arroyo - a gulf, gap
Stupefying - numbling, dulling
Quinsy - a severe inflammation of the throat and tonsils
Notoriety - attention, interest
Sullen - grumpy, gloomy
Gunnysack - a feed bag; sack of rough material
Stifling - oppressive
Vindictive - vengeful
Stark - severe
Remissness - a neglect, lack of concern
Pungent - sharp, biting; stron taste or smell
Gingham - cotton cloth with checks on it
Calcio - soft cotton material, usually with small designs
Lithographs - prints of pictures or paintings
Frontispiece - the page in a book that is opposite the title page
Tallow - animal fat used to make candles
Gelding - A neutered male horse
Pommel - the knob on a saddle, high part of a saddle
Squalls - sudden storms, blasts
Apprehensively - fearfully; with worry
Surly - gruff, short
Boisterously - noisily, energetically
Mottled - dppled, speckled
Fixy - particular, fussy
Acquit - to show, perform, exhibit
Lariat pin - peg used to hold down a tie to restrict animal movement
Petulantly - crossly
Mottled - dappled, speckled
Acquit - to show, perform, exhibit
Intercessor - mediator
Clannish - sticking together in a group
Proprietary - appeasing
Surlily - bad tempered, grumpily
Perfunctory - done whout thinking of
Reticent - reserved, qui
Unmollified - Not calmed or appeaseDemure - shy
Reticent - reserved, quiet
Inveterate - incurable, chronic
Fastidious - fussy, perfect
Assiduously - tirelessly, diligently
Caustic - sarcastic
Disapprobation - disapproval
Parsimonious - miserly
Demurely - meekly
Pertly - lively
Menial - unimportant, tedious
Cowed - intimidated
Ardor - enthusiasm, zeal
Unabashed - unembarrassed
Coroner - The person who investigates and finds out all the information of one’s death
Essence - The irreplaceable nature and quality of something
Clemency - Leniency
Heathenish - Not religious at all
Venerable - Honorable, respectable, worthy of respect
Livery - A distinctive uniform worn by a group (For example: uniforms for soldiers and jerseys forathletes)
Beneficent - being kind - A trait of a generous person who does things resulting in good
Forestalled - obstructed, delayed
Cultivate - try to acquire or develop a skill OR prepare and use land for crops and gardening
Slavishly - submissive and unoriginally
Destitute - needy, penniless, poor
Obliterated - completely destroyed
Colic - A disease/sickness where you feel pain in your abdomen. of a horse’s intestinal tract that causes difficulty breathing
Insinuatingly - Hinting, suggesting, subtle
Deferred - give way to; accepted another’s will or authority
Autocratic - Relating to a ruler who has absolute power
Blustery - windy, gusty, blowy
Bravado - boldness, showiness
Patroness - a financial supporter
Ardent - devoted, passionate
Solicitous - Considerate attentive
Impetuously - offhandedly, spontaneously
Encumbered - weighed down, overloaded
Bantering - good-humored, playful talk
Droll - curious or unusual which provides dry humor
Hectoring - Talking in a bullying way.
Dapper - Neat and trim in dress and appearance
Mastiff - A dog of a large, strong breed with droopy ears and pendulous lips
Quinsy - Old-fashioned name of the disease Tonsillitis
Drawside - Old-fashioned name for one side of a sloped piece of land (like a riverbed)
Ardent - devoted, passionate
Undulating - smoothly rolling or waving
Uncouth - without manners
Torpor - inactivity, sluggishness
Tintype - type of picture that is created by coating a thin piece of metal with enamel
Laconically - briefly
Emaciated - thin, starved
Arroyo - a gulf, gap
Stupefying - numbling, dulling
Quinsy - a severe inflammation of the throat and tonsils
Notoriety - attention, interest
Sullen - grumpy, gloomy
Gunnysack - a feed bag; sack of rough material
Stifling - oppressive
Vindictive - vengeful
Stark - severe
Remissness - a neglect, lack of concern
Pungent - sharp, biting; stron taste or smell
Gingham - cotton cloth with checks on it
Calcio - soft cotton material, usually with small designs
Lithographs - prints of pictures or paintings
Frontispiece - the page in a book that is opposite the title page
Tallow - animal fat used to make candles
Gelding - A neutered male horse
Pommel - the knob on a saddle, high part of a saddle
Squalls - sudden storms, blasts
Apprehensively - fearfully; with worry
Surly - gruff, short
Boisterously - noisily, energetically
Mottled - dppled, speckled
Fixy - particular, fussy
Acquit - to show, perform, exhibit
Lariat pin - peg used to hold down a tie to restrict animal movement
Petulantly - crossly
Mottled - dappled, speckled
Acquit - to show, perform, exhibit
Intercessor - mediator
Clannish - sticking together in a group
Proprietary - appeasing
Surlily - bad tempered, grumpily
Perfunctory - done whout thinking of
Reticent - reserved, qui
Unmollified - Not calmed or appeaseDemure - shy
Reticent - reserved, quiet
Inveterate - incurable, chronic
Fastidious - fussy, perfect
Assiduously - tirelessly, diligently
Caustic - sarcastic
Disapprobation - disapproval
Parsimonious - miserly
Demurely - meekly
Pertly - lively
Menial - unimportant, tedious
Cowed - intimidated
Ardor - enthusiasm, zeal
Unabashed - unembarrassed