Vocabulary

  1. Floundered - To struggle to move or obtain footing: thrash about wildly OR to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually.
  2. Piazza - An open square, especially in an Italian town.
  3. Undulations - The action of moving smoothly up and down.
  4. Extremities - A limb of the body; extreme danger/critical need; an intense degree.
  5. Unwonted - Unaccustomed or unusual.
  6. Chintz - Printed multicolored cotton fabric with a glazed finish, used especially for curtains and upholstery.
  7. Frieze - A sculptured or richly ornamented band.
  8. Betrothal - Formal engagement to be married.
  9. Conflagration - A large disastrous fire; conflict/war.
    1. Apprehension - Anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.
    2. Bade - Past tense of bid; to command or order (someone) to do something.
    3. Spasmodically - Relating to or characterized by a spasm; acting or proceeding fitfully.
    4. Peremptory - Putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay.
    5. Appellatives - Relating to the giving of names.
    6. Speculatively - Involving, based on, or constituting intellectual speculation.
    7. Proffer - To offer or propose something to someone.
    8. Curio - A rare, unusual, or intriguing object.
    9. Unhallowed - Not formally thought of as sacred.
    10. Ostensibly - Seeming/said to be true or real but very possibly not true or real.
    11. Funereal - Mournful and somber character like a funeral.