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Glossary of Terms

alacrity: eagerness, readiness

astir: in movement

calico: flowered cloth

caliper: an instrument for measuring thickness

catacomb: underground tomb

chaff: the waste product from wheat

chummed: made friends with

circumvent: work around

commingling: mixing together

confab: (confabulation) conversation

crestfallen: disappointed, deflated

droll: amusing, provoking dry wit

duffer: incompetent, idiot

ebb: to decrease, diminish

emissary: messenger

ensign: flag or banner

entrails: organs, innards

errant: straying

estuary: a stream in which cold and hot water meet

exult: to celebrate, say with smugness

farcical: ridiculous

fecund: fertile

fisticuffs: using hands to box

fusillade: contemporaneous discharge of firearms

grubbing: obtaining in a sordid fashion

harlequin: a buffoon (stock character in light opera)

hummock: knoll

incontinent: unable to exercise self-control

inexorable: that which cannot be stopped

insoluble: something impossible to dissolve, break down to a smaller size

interloper: intruder

listlessly: without energy

litany: ceremonial or subscribed form of prayer

lugubrious: gloomy, mournful

magpies: loud birds attracted by bright things

meagre: small, lacking (also, meager)

mica: a shiny, black stone

moribund: near death

nautical: having to do with the ocean

ostentation: display of wealth, showing off

pendent: hanging, suspended

peroration: pompous speech

pestiferous: bringing disease

pestilence: an epidemic or widespread evil

prevaricator: liar

recondite: dealing with something profound or delicate

rend: to tear

requisite: necessary

sepulchre: tomb (also, sepulcher)

sheer: (nautical) to swerve, divert a boat from its path

somnambulist: sleepwalker

sordid: dirty, low

stanchion: a supporting pole or post

stand-offish: aloof, unfriendly

superciliousness: disdain, condescension

tenebrous: dark, gloomy

trenchant: piercing, perceptive

uncongenial: unpleasant, unfriendly

unscathed: unharmed

verandah: balcony, usually attached to a house

yarn: tale told by a sailor

yawl: a small boat

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