Vocabulary Building

Part 1

• Punctilious is an adjective describing something marked by precise accordance with codes or conventions.
• Patriotism is a noun that means love for or devotion to one's country.
• Fern is a noun describing a plant with large, delicate leaves but no flowers.
• Scudded is a verb that means moved or went quickly.
• Mossy is an adjective describing something like or covered with moss, a green plant with small leaves and no flowers, growing on rocks, bark, or wet ground.
• Knolls are small round hills.
• Wraps refers to clothing items wrapped around a person, like a coat or shawl.
• Somber describes something dark and gloomy.
• Peal refers to a loud sound or series of sounds.
• Tottered means moved or walked in a slow and unsteady way.

Part 2

• Dogmatic means expressing personal opinions or beliefs as if they are certainly correct and cannot be doubted.
• Permanence refers to the quality or state of lasting forever or for a long time.
• Buckwheat is a plant with dark seeds used to make grain and flour.
• Drawl refers to a way of speaking with unusually long vowel sounds.
• Alluded refers to talking about or hinting at something without directly mentioning it.
• Clank is a sharp, brief metallic ringing sound.
• Oblong describes an object that is longer in one direction than the other.
• Wan means dim or faint.
• Coils are a series of loops.
• Eminent describes someone successful, well-known, and respected.
• Indignation is anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean.
• Uttering means sending forth as a sound.
• Hollow means not having real value or meaning; not sincere.
• Groans are low moaning sounds.

Part 3

• Acute means severe or sharp.
• Agony is great physical pain or emotional distress.
• Pellets are small and hard round pieces.
• Vaulted describes something built in the form of an arch.
• Frilled describes fabric edging that is gathered, pleated, or bias-cut.
• Grudge is a strong feeling of anger toward someone that lasts for a long time.
• Foolhardy means foolishly adventurous and bold.
• Abject means very bad or severe.
• Clammy means unpleasantly wet and cold.
• Hissed means said something in a loud or angry whisper.
• Moaning is uttering a long low sound.
• Piteous means deserving or causing feelings of sympathy or pity.
• Specter means ghost.
• Carven means ornamented by carving (cutting with care or precision).
• Placard means a large notice or poster for announcing or advertising something.
• Grapple means grasp with the hands, seize and struggle with another.
• Chivalry is a system of values, like loyalty and honor, that knights in the Middle Ages were expected to follow.

Part 4

• Phantasmic means ghostly.
• Oriel window is a large bay window of semi-hexagonal or semi-square plan projecting from a wall and supported by a bracket.
• Conscientious means meticulous or careful.
• Wainscoting refers to wooden panels that cover the lower part of the walls of a room.
• Hemmed means surrounded in a restrictive manner.
• Paralytic means affected with, characterized by, or causing paralysis (complete or partial loss of function).
• Canopy is a cover fixed above a person of high rank or a sacred object.

Part 5

• Hedge is a row of shrubs or small trees planted closely to form a boundary.
• Absurd means ridiculously unreasonable.
• Petulantly means irritably, impatiently.
• Abstract relates to general ideas or qualities rather than specific entities.
• Ethics is a set of moral issues or aspects.
• Starched means made stiff by using starch, a carbohydrate used in adhesives, laundering, and medicine.
• Meekly means submissively, with a quiet, gentle, and humble nature.
• Nightingale is a small brown European bird that sings a beautiful song, especially at night.
• Wrung means twisted (hands) together as a sign of anguish.
• Falter means to stumble.
• Dusky means somewhat dark.
• Goggle means Staring.
• Cavern means large cave.

Part 6

• Frantic means marked by fast and nervous, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity.
• Scuffle is a short fight that is not very serious.
• Scour means to clear a region of enemies or outlaws.
• Awestruck means filled with feelings of fear and wonder.
• Casket is a small chest or box for jewelry or other valuable things.
• Smothered means covered thickly, suffocated.

Part 7

• Hearse is a vehicle for transporting coffins to a funeral.
• Tuft is a bunch of soft fluffy threads cut off short and used as ornament.
• Leaden means lacking spirit or animation.
• Scruples are ethical considerations that inhibit actions.
• Rendered means did a service for another.
• Pluck means spirit and determination.