Alice Vocab Flashcards
1
Q
Beseech
A
To ask urgently
2
Q
Frumenty
A
Old fashioned breakfast dish of wheat milk sugar and cinnamon
3
Q
Tipple
A
An alcoholic beverage; to drink alcohol habitually
4
Q
Cravat
A
A band or scarf worn around the neck
5
Q
Gyre
A
Whirl , gyrate
6
Q
Saunter
A
To walk along in a slow and relaxed manner
7
Q
Vex
A
To make someone frustrated or annoyed especially with trivial matters
8
Q
Hookah
A
Water pipe
9
Q
Caucus
A
A closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party to select candidates
10
Q
Clamour
A
A loud continuous noise
11
Q
Gimbal
A
A mechanism for keeping an instrument horizontal while in a moving vessel
12
Q
Provoke
A
To stimulate or aggravate someone to get an emotional reaction
13
Q
Obstinacy
A
Stubbornness
14
Q
Quadrille
A
A dance for 4 couples who each form one side of a square
15
Q
Platitudes
A
Pleasant but trite sayings
