Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
10 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
|
assuaged
|
calmed, eased
|
Jem's fear of never being able to play football were assuaged
|
|
|
apothecary
|
pharmacist
|
Simon Finch, a fur-trapping apothecary from Cornwall
|
|
|
cattels
|
movable property (in this case a slave)
|
Simon, having forgotten his teacher's dictum on th possession of human chattles
|
|
|
impotent
|
powerless
|
Simon would have reguarded with impotent fury the disturbance between the North and the South
|
|
|
taciturn
|
quiet, not speaking much
|
She married a taciturn man
|
|
|
unsullied
|
clear, pure
|
Atticus's office contained little more than a hat rack, a spittoon, a checkerboard, and an unsullied Code of Alabama
|
|
|
dispached
|
sent out, killed
|
The Haverfords had dispatched Macomb's leading blcksmith
|
|
|
imprudent
|
not wise, foolish
|
They were imprudent enough to do it in the presence of three witnesses
|
|
|
talcum
|
powder
|
They were like soft tea cakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum
|
|
|
epic
|
huge
|
Our battles were epic and one-sided
|
