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Angela's Ashes ch. 1 18 words

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  1. woe
    misery resulting from affliction
  2. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  3. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  4. pompous
    puffed up with vanity
  5. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  6. consumption
    the act of consuming something
  7. catarrh
    inflammation of the nose and throat with increased production of mucus
  8. nettle
    any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
  9. stout
    having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
  10. novena
    a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days
  11. charwoman
    a human female employed to do housework
  12. Skivvies
    men's underwear consisting of cotton T-shirt and shorts
  13. speakeasy
    (during prohibition) an illegal barroom
  14. gullet
    the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
  15. atrocious
    shockingly brutal or cruel
  16. pram
    a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
  17. consecrated
    made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use
  18. consecrated
    made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use