English Vocab Quiz

Quadroon: ¼ black

Countenance: face

Languor: lack of physical or emotional energy

Cheniere: oak tree

Peignoir: vintage nightgown

Tacit: assuming

Rockaway: horse drawn carriage

Friandises: sweets

Pâtés: condensed meat spread

Creole: European person born in France or Spanish americas

Remonstrate: complain or plead to protest

Tumult: loud, confused noise caused by a large group of people

Muslin: lightweight cotton cloth in plain weave

Tragedian: person with tragedy

Pension: lodging house or boarding school

Festoon: a chain or garland ir flowers, leaves, or ribbons hung in a curve as a curve decoration

Effulgence: quality of being light and radiant, emitting or reflecting light brilliantly

Pathos: a quality that evokes pity or sadness

Supercilious: behaving or looking as though one thinks they are superior to others