THE LETTER VOC Flashcards
1
Q
hirelings
A
people who are paid for a particular service
2
Q
bales
A
bundles of clothes
3
Q
din
A
loud,continuos noise
4
Q
clumsy
A
heavy and inelegant
5
Q
khaki
A
yellow brown cloth, soldiers
6
Q
pluck
A
courage
7
Q
vermin
A
small animals or insects that do damage
8
Q
hovered
A
appeared briefly
9
Q
acquittal
A
decision of not guilty
10
Q
counsel
A
lawyer who represents a person in court
11
Q
leisure
A
free time
12
Q
begged
A
asked urgently
13
Q
brief
A
statment of the facts about a law case
14
Q
forth coming
A
happening in the near future
15
Q
chuckled
A
laughed quietly
16
Q
report
A
noise of gun going off
17
Q
stagger
A
walk unsteadily,almost falling
18
Q
bothered
A
troubled, worried
19
Q
peruse
A
read carefully
20
Q
bulky
A
rather large
21
Q
shrugged
A
moved
22
Q
forgery
A
false copy
23
Q
ghastly
A
terrible
24
Q
wearily
A
in a very tired manner
25
shudder
shaking movement, fear or disgust
26
outburst
sudden expression of strong emotion
27
awkward
embarrassing
28
slump
period of financial difficultt
29
manslaughter
crime of killing someone illegally but unintentionally
30
beckoned
made a sign with his hand
31
straightforwardness
openness,directness
32
mistress
woman with whom he had a sexual relationship
33
wound
hurt, damage
