Thursday, August 20, 2009

chapter 8 vocabulary

Emerged: to come forth into view or notice, as from concealment or obscurity: a ghost emerging from the grave; a ship emerging from the fog.
Hillock: a small hill
Timid: characterized by or indicating fear: a timid approach to a problem. Origin:
tiers : a layer; level; stratum: The wedding cake had six tiers. All three tiers of the firm's management now report to one director.
Beseeching: to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once
Livid: enraged; furiously angry: Willful stupidity makes me absolutely livid.
Dysentery: Pathology. an infectious disease marked by inflammation and ulceration of the lower part of the bowels, with diarrhea that becomes mucous and hemorrhagic
Invalids: a person who is too sick or weak to care for himself or herself: My father was an invalid the last ten years of his life.
Feverish: pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling fever: a feverish excitement.
Spasmodically: resembling a spasm or spasms; sudden but brief; sporadic: spasmodic efforts at reform.
Summons: a request, demand, or call to do something: a summons to surrender.
Conscience: the inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action: to follow the dictates of conscience.
Delirious: wild with excitement, enthusiasm, etc.: She was delirious with joy at the news.
Pleaded: to use arguments or persuasions, as with a person, for or against something: She pleaded with him not to take the job.
Cauldrons: A state or situation of great distress or unrest felt to resemble a boiling kettle or vat: a cauldron of conflicting corporate politics.

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