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Margaret Craven's "I Heard The Owl Call My Name" 79 words

February 11, 2010 By Vocabulary Lists (New York, NY) Vocabulary.com Moderator
Vocabulary list for Margaret Craven's "I Heard The Owl Call My Name."

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  1. abash
    cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
  2. affirm
    to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  3. alder
    north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
  4. amble
    walk leisurely
  5. amenities
    things that make you comfortable and at ease
  6. ample
    more than enough in size or scope or capacity
  7. anachronism
    something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
  8. anguish
    extreme distress of body or mind
  9. anthropologist
    a social scientist who specializes in anthropology
  10. arrogance
    overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
  11. atheist
    someone who denies the existence of god
  12. barnacle
    marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
  13. billet
    provide housing for (military personnel)
  14. blustery
    blowing in violent and abrupt bursts
  15. brethren
    (plural) the lay members of a male religious order
  16. brogue
    a thick and heavy shoe
  17. calamity
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
  18. cassock
    a black garment reaching down to the ankles; worn by priests or choristers
  19. chalice
    a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup
  20. communal
    for or by a group rather than individuals
  21. confabulation
    an informal conversation
  22. constable
    a police officer of the lowest rank
  23. cower
    crouch or curl up
  24. crimson
    a deep and vivid red color
  25. eerie
    suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
  26. efficacious
    marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect
  27. ember
    a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
  28. emit
    give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
  29. enmity
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
  30. ermine
    mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat
  31. exasperating
    extremely annoying or displeasing
  32. exultantly
    in an exultant manner
  33. fingerling
    a young or small fish
  34. futility
    uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
  35. gale
    a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
  36. grouse
    popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
  37. hoist
    raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
  38. hover
    hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
  39. imminent
    close in time; about to occur
  40. inanimate
    not endowed with life
  41. lavish
    very generous
  42. linger
    remain present although waning or gradually dying
  43. macabre
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  44. matriarch
    a female head of a family or tribe
  45. mew
    cry like a cat
  46. navigable
    able to be sailed on or through safely
  47. novocaine
    procaine administered as a hydrochloride (trade name Novocain)
  48. ominously
    in an ominous manner
  49. oppressive
    weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
  50. ordinand
    a person being ordained
  51. parish
    a local church community
  52. perceptive
    of or relating to perception
  53. permeate
    spread or diffuse through
  54. poignancy
    a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
  55. potlatch
    a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)
  56. precede
    be earlier in time; go back further
  57. prodigious
    so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
  58. rector
    a person authorized to conduct religious worship
  59. resolution
    finding a solution to a problem
  60. reverberating
    characterized by resonance
  61. rickety
    inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
  62. shroud
    burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
  63. singe
    burn superficially or lightly
  64. spawn
    the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
  65. staunch
    firm and dependable especially in loyalty
  66. stupor
    marginal consciousness
  67. sundry
    consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
  68. surplice
    a loose-fitting white ecclesiastical vestment with wide sleeves
  69. sustenance
    the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
  70. tarpaulin
    waterproofed canvas
  71. taunting
    abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule
  72. tenet
    a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
  73. treacherous
    dangerously unstable and unpredictable
  74. venison
    meat from a deer used as food
  75. vestment
    gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy
  76. vicar
    a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman
  77. wail
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  78. wheelhouse
    an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated
  79. wreathe
    decorate or deck with wreaths