"The Color Purple" Vocabulary

CatrinaC (Taiwan)
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  1. crib
    baby bed with high sides made of slats
  2. dote
    shower with love; show excessive affection for
  3. pomade
    hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment
  4. primp
    dress or groom with elaborate care
  5. strumpet
    a woman adulterer
  6. vouch
    give personal assurance; guarantee
  7. clabber
    raw milk that has soured and thickened
  8. rummage
    search haphazardly
  9. shingle
    building material used as siding or roofing
  10. seine
    fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine
  11. hefty
    of considerable weight and size
  12. sass
    answer back in an impudent or insolent manner
  13. haggard
    showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
  14. fornication
    sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other
  15. fluster
    cause to be nervous or upset
  16. repent
    feel sorry for; be contrite about
  17. thimble
    a small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing
  18. pulpit
    a platform raised to give prominence to the person on it
  19. coddle
    treat with excessive indulgence
  20. dunce
    a stupid person
  21. browbeat
    discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner
  22. machete
    a large knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
  23. drudge
    a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
  24. brazen
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  25. ostracism
    the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
  26. infidelity
    the quality of being unfaithful
  27. covet
    wish, long, or crave for
  28. applique
    sew on as a decoration
  29. parole
    a conditional release from imprisonment
  30. pallbearer
    one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
  31. corrugated
    shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
  32. ululation
    a long, loud, emotional howl or cry
  33. encroachment
    entry to another's property without right or permission
  34. antimacassar
    a piece of ornamented cloth that protects the back of a chair from hair oils
  35. stupendous
    so great in size, force, or extent as to elicit awe
  36. staid
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  37. paramount
    more important than anything else; supreme
  38. repugnance
    intense aversion
Created on Wed May 15 10:14:51 EDT 2013 (updated Wed May 15 10:20:57 EDT 2013)

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