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"The Landlady" 8ELA
8th grade ELA vocabulary for "The Landlady"
Term | Deffinition |
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Brisk | active, fast, energetic |
Facade | the face of a building |
Blotchy | covered with blotches; patchy |
Illuminate | Light up |
Hearth | the floor of a fire place |
Congenial | pleasant or agreeable |
Conjure | call upon |
Rapacious | aggressively greedy |
Dither | be indecisive |
Queer | strange; odd |
Compel | force or oblige to do something |
Compulsion | constant |
Threshold | a strip of wood, metal, or stone forming the bottom of a doorway |
Swamped (adj) | overwhelmed |
Applicant | a person who makes a formal application |
Earnestly | with sincere and intense conviction |
Proceedings | an event or series of activities |
Frisky | playful and full of energy |
Dainty | delicately small and pretty |
Peculiar | strong or odd; unusual |
Tantalize | torment or tease |
Emanate | issue or spread something |
Puzzling | something suprising |
Trifle | something of little value or importance |
Blemish | a mark that makes something imperfect |
Lapse | slight error or slip |
Preserve | to keep same from injury. |