Tom Sawer Vocabulary : 4,5,6 Flashcards
(Verb) 1: to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle. 2: to throw into disorder or confusion; disarrange:
Disconcert
(Noun) 1: a building, especially one of large size or imposing appearance. 2: any large, complex system or organization.
Edifice
(Noun) 1: air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.
Mien
(Adj.) 1: extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc. 2: wonderful or marvelous: 3: abnormal; monstrous. 4: Obsolete.
Prodigious
(Adj.) 1: inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic:
an august performance of a religious drama. 2: venerable; eminent.
August
(Adj.) 1: not meant to be taken seriously or literally. 2: amusing; humorous. 3: lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous.
Facetious
(Adj.) commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character. 2: a title for someone proclaimed by the Roman Catholic Church to have attained the first degree of sanctity or of an Anglican archdeacon. 3: hallowed by religious, historic, or other lofty associations. 4: impressive or interesting because of age, antique appearance, etc. 5: extremely old or obsolete; ancient: (Noun) 1: a venerable person.
Venerable
(Noun) 1: respect or reverence paid or rendered. 2: the formal public acknowledgment by which a feudal tenant or vassal declared himself to be the man or vassal of his lord, owing him fealty and service. 3: the relation thus established of a vassal to his lord. 4: something done or given in acknowledgment or consideration of the worth of another:
Homage
(Noun) 1: an outcast. 2: any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided. 3: a member of a low caste in southern India and Burma.
Pariah
(Adj.) 1: not committing oneself, or not involving committal, to a particular view, course, or the like.
Noncommittal
