TKM Prt 2 Vocab Flashcards
Propensities
A natural inclination or tendency
Contentious
Always ready to argue
Manacles
Shackles for the hands
Aquienscence
Agreement without protest
Acrimonious
Sarcastic, bitter, nasty
Akimbo
Hands on hips elbows bent backwards
Irascible
Easily provoked to anger
Recluse
Someone who stays away from society and others
Remorse
A feeling of regret or guilt
Charlotte
Dessert made with fruit in a mold that is lined with pieces of bread/cake
Expunge
Remove completely
Façade
front of Building facing street
Mortify
Humiliate, embarrass
arid
Lacking interest, excitement or meaning
Circuit solicitor
Lawyer who travels to different locations to persecute in trials
Myopic
Abnormal eye condition, nearsighted
Eccentricities
Oddities, unconventcialities
Linotype
Typesetting machine used in publishing
Invectives
Abusive terms, curses insults
Jetty
Type of wall used to block water
Madien ladies
Women who haven’t been married
Chiffarobe
A large cabinet with drawers and a place to hold clothes
Rudiments
Principals, elements, subjects to learn
Amiably
Good natured