adv With pleasant goodnatured personal qualities Seeing the mistake he made during their chess game Mr White amiably desired to prevent his son from seeing it Grimace Grimace ID: 783850
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Vocabulary
Slide2Amiably
Amiably
: (adv.) With pleasant, good-natured personal qualities.
Seeing the mistake he made during their chess game, Mr. White
amiably
, desired to prevent his son from seeing it.
Slide3Grimace
Grimace
: (n.) A twisted facial expression indicating disapproval or pain.
Mrs. White drew back with a
grimace
, but her son, taking the paw, examined it curiously.
Slide4Bog
Bog
: (n.) An area of wet, swampy ground.
With all of the rain the last several days, the front yard has become a
bog
.
Slide5Condoling
Condoling
: (adj.) Expressing sympathy or sorrow.
The old man rose, and, opening the door, was heard
condoling
with the new arrival.
Slide6Presumptuous
Presumptuous
: (adj.) Excessively confident; arrogant.
The soldier regarded him as in the way that middle age is accustom to regard
presumptuous
youth.
Slide7Talisman
Talisman
: (n.) An object thought to have magic powers.
Mr. White took the
talisman
from his pocket and held it above his head.
Slide8Apathy
Apathy
: (n.) A lack of interest in or concern for things that others find exciting.
In the following days,
apathy
was the only reaction Mrs. White showed towards her husband.
Slide9Proffered
Proffered
: (v.) To offer for acceptance.
Sergeant Major Morris took something out of his pocket and
proffered
it to Mr. White.
Slide10Frivolous
Frivolous
: (adj.) Unworthy of serious attention; trivial.
She spends money on
frivolous
things.
Slide11Fusillade
Fusillade
: (n.) A rapid outburst.
A perfect
fusillade
of knocks echoed throughout the house.
Slide12Avaricious
Avaricious
: (adj.) Greedy.
Mrs. White was afraid the money would turn her husband into a mean,
avaricious
man.
Slide13Maligned
Maligned
: (adj.) To have harmful untruths spoken about you; slandered.
He darted around the table, pursued by the
maligned
Mrs. White.
Slide14Antimacassar
Antimacassar
: (n.) A protective covering for the backs of chairs and sofas.
He darted around the table, pursued by the maligned Mrs. White armed with an
antimacassar
.
Slide15Doughty
Doughty
: (adj.) Courageous; brave.
Sergeant Major Morris spoke of wild scenes, and
doughty
deeds, of wars and plagues and strange peoples.
Slide16Reverberated
Reverberated
: (v.) Echoed over and over.
A perfect fusillade of knocks
reverberated
through the house.
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