Hound Of The Baskervilles 10-15 Flashcards
Pittance
An inadequate amount of money
Indelibly
Permanently; in a way that cannot be removed or erased
Almoner
Social worker in a hospital
Abhor
To hate deeply, to regard with horror or loathing
Reticent
Silent; reserved
Vigil
On the alert; watchful
Effigy
A crude image of a despised person
Dissuading
To advise against something
Indignation
Anger as a result of something unjust
Entomology
The study of insects
Irrevocable
Incapable of being changed or called back
Piteous
Deserving or inciting pity
Surmise
To guess or conjecture
Conjecture
An inference based on guesswork
Connoisseur
A person with expert knowledge of discriminating taste
Ruffianly
A tough, lawless person; roughneck; bully
Reverential
Deeply respectful
Inexorably
Impossible to stop or prevent
Quagmire
An area of miry or boggy ground whose surface lays under the tread; a bog
Miasmatic
A dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere