Quiz 1 - Text 1,2,3 Flashcards
alarmed
worried or frightened by something
faintly
slightly or not strongly
pleasurable
enjoyable
wintry
weathered by or as if by winter
relieve himself
to pass waste from the body: urinate
unencumbered
having few or no burdens or obligations
labours
practical work, especially when it involves hard physical effort
empty-headed
devoid of serious occupation
elated
marked by high spirits
tread
walk
uncluttered
not containing too many small details or different parts
glided across
to move across a surface or area in a very smooth manner, similar to floating
comic facility
comic = causling laughter or amusment
facility = ability to do something esay or well
folding
to bend something, especially paper or cloath, so that one part it lies on the ohter part, or ot be able to be bent in this way
solicitous
showing care and helpful attention to someone
relinquish
to withdraw or retreat from
concertina
a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions and the harmonica
casement
a window sash that opens on hinges at the side
sash window
a window made of one or more movable panels/ open vertically
hoisted
to lift something heavy, sometimes using ropes or a machine
lead
a chemical element that is a very heavy, soft, dark grey, poisonous metal, used especially in the past on roofs and for pipes and also for protection against radiation
counterwight
an equivalent weight or force, counterbalance
skeletal
of, relating to, forming, attached to, or resembling a skeleton
arrowhead
the sharp point at the end of an arrow
railing
a barrier consisting of a rail and supports
spears
a weapon consisting of a pole with a sharp, usually metal, point at one end, that is either thrown or held in the hand
unjust
unfair
premature
happening or done too soon, especailly before the natural or suitable time
cynical
having or showing the attitude or temper of the belief that the human conduct is motivated wholly by self-interest
recounts
to describe how something happened, or to tell a story
dran
SCOTTISH
a small drink of whiskey or other spirits
pisco
a colerless or yellowish-to-amber colored brandy produced in winemaking regions of Peru and Chillie
youchsafe
to grant as a privilege or special favor
precluding
to prevent something or make it impossible, or prevent someone from doing something
yarned
to long persistently, wistfully, or sadly
peat fire
Peat = a dark brown substance like soil that was formed by plants dying and becoming buried. It is sometimes added to ordinary garden soil to improve it and is sometimes used as fuel
notarial
related to the work oof a notary public
thence
from there
emollient
something that softens or soothers
vaeritable
used to describe something as another more exciting, interesting, or unusual thing, as a way of emphasizing iths character
polymath
person of encylopedic learning
schrimshandered
scrimshaw = the art of decorating or craving shells, ivory, etc, done by sailors as a leisure activity
schooner
a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig
woeful
lamentably bad or serious
careened
to go forward quickly while moving from side to side
blithely
happily and without feeling or showing any worry, especially when there is a readson to be worried
sullen
angry and unwilling to smile or be pleasant to people
miss
useas a form of address a firl or a young woman
shrub
a woody plant smaller than a tree, usually having multiple permament stems branching from a near the ground
hamlet
a small village, usualy without a chrurch
circumvallated
surrounded by or as if by a rampart
oval
shaped like a circle that flatted so that it is like an egg or an ellipse
plain
a large area of flat land
freighters
a large ship or aircraft for carrying goods
crevasses
a dep crack, that forms in a glacier or ice sheet that can be a few inches across to over 40 feet
selenologist
a branch of astronomy that deals with the moon
skirting
to form or run alaong the border or edge of
foothills
hilly region at the base of a moutain range
flanks
the side of something
stupendous
verysypriseng, usually in a pleasing way, especially by being large in amount size
hoarfrost
a white layer of pices of ice like needles that forms on obejcts outside when it is very cold
penetrated
to pass into or through
