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Ethan Frome Vocabulary
vocab from ethan frome
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English
Post-Graduate
09/09/2008
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Reticence
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Reserved
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Taciturn
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Reserved
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Mien
 Definition
appearance in face
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colonnade
 Definition
series of columns on the front of a large building
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capitulating
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giving up resistance/surrenduring
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innocuous
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innocent
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colloquial
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informal speech/slang
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sardonic
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sarcastic humour
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ebb
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declining, decaying, going away
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wane
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decaying
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drone
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monotonous sound
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querulous
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complaining
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peristyle
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noun - short decorative column on the front of a building
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intangible
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not touchable, not solid
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hemlock
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noun - evergreen tree
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pantomime
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mimic
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indignation
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noun - displeasure
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beleaguered
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...
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marrow
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bone marrow, centre part of the bone. if you are warm to the marrow, you are very warm
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grave
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dire circumstances or serious
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cessation
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stopping
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geraniums
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type of flower, symbolisation for red, and love
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inarticulate
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not articulate, unable to speak clearly
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stoic
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unemotional, uncomplaining
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languid
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laid back, very lazy
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the beginning part of a word: "In"
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Not
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the beginning part of a word: Ab
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away (the circle of the b is turned away from the A
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the beginning part of a word: Ad
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to, toward (the circle of the d is turned towards the A
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Calico
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odd coloring, lots of colors
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Abhorred
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to detest or not tolerate
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Valise
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suitcase made out of carpet
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Wainscot
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the boards that come up halfway on the side of a room
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benevolence
 Definition
good wish
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