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Ethan Frome Vocabulary
vocab from ethan frome
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English
Post-Graduate
09/09/2008

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Reticence
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Reserved
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Taciturn
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Reserved
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Mien
Definition
appearance in face
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colonnade
Definition
series of columns on the front of a large building
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capitulating
Definition
giving up resistance/surrenduring
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innocuous
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innocent
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colloquial
Definition
informal speech/slang
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sardonic
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sarcastic humour
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ebb
Definition
declining, decaying, going away
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wane
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decaying
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drone
Definition
monotonous sound
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querulous
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complaining
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peristyle
Definition
noun - short decorative column on the front of a building
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intangible
Definition
not touchable, not solid
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hemlock
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noun - evergreen tree
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pantomime
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mimic
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indignation
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noun - displeasure
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beleaguered
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...
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marrow
Definition
bone marrow, centre part of the bone. if you are warm to the marrow, you are very warm
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grave
Definition
dire circumstances or serious
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cessation
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stopping
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geraniums
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type of flower, symbolisation for red, and love
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inarticulate
Definition
not articulate, unable to speak clearly
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stoic
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unemotional, uncomplaining
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languid
Definition
laid back, very lazy
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the beginning part of a word: "In"
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Not
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the beginning part of a word: Ab
Definition
away (the circle of the b is turned away from the A
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the beginning part of a word: Ad
Definition
to, toward (the circle of the d is turned towards the A
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Calico
Definition
odd coloring, lots of colors
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Abhorred
Definition
to detest or not tolerate
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Valise
Definition
suitcase made out of carpet
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Wainscot
Definition
the boards that come up halfway on the side of a room
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benevolence
Definition
good wish
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