Vocabulary Archive
“Maud Martha and New York”
Dignity | Noun | Honor. |
Shuddered | Verb | Shivered out of fear. |
Maneuvered | Verb | Shifted; moved. |
Taut | Adjective | Pulled or drawn tight with fear. |
Impulse | Noun | Motivating force. |
“Maud Martha and New York”
Plush | Adjective | Soft, thick fabric. |
Antique | Adjective | Of an earlier period. |
Remote | Adjective | Located far away; distant. |
Pore | Verb | Read or study attentively. |
Lustrous | Adjective | Gleaming with brilliant light. |
“Pilots’ Reflections”
Fragile | Adjective | Easily broken. |
Triumph | Noun | A victory or win. |
Perplexing | Adjective | Troubling or confusing. |
Idle | Adjective | To remain inactive. |
Vicinity | Noun | Nearby; in the general area of. |
“Bridges”
Coaxed | Verb | Obtained by persuasion or pleading. |
Irascible | Adjective | Easily angered. |
Prism | Noun | Lens or medium that distorts slightly. |
Maturity | Noun | Time of being developed fully physically. |
Adoptive | Adjective | Related by adoption, as opposed to by birth. |
Ambition | Noun | Desire to achieve fame or fortune. |
Refrained | Verb | Held back (stopped). |
Inducements | Noun | Influences or incentives. |
Voraciously | Adverb | Greedily, with an appetite that seemingly cannot be satisfied. |
Tenement | Noun | Run-down, low rental apartment building. |
Menial | Adjective | Appropriate for a servant. |
Inferiority | Noun | Sense of feeling undervalued or being lesser or lower valued. |
Tenet | Noun | Belief or principle. |
Juvenile | Adjective | Not fully grown or developed; young. |
Contour | Noun | Outline or shape. |
Permission | Noun | Consent or agreement for doing something. |
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