Dracula By Bram Stoker

karli S.
SAT/ACT Project
Semester 2
2012-2013
K. Scalise
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  1. queer
    beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
    "I did not sleep well, though my bed was comfortable enough, for I had all sorts of queer dreams." -"Dracula" Pg.2
  2. dawdle
    hang or fall in movement, progress, development, etc.
    "All day long we seemed to dawdle through a country which was full of beauty of every kind." -"Dracula" Pg.2
  3. diligence
    conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task
    "Sleep well tonight. At three tomorrow the diligence will start for Bukovina; a place on it is kept for you." -"Dracula" Pg.3
  4. idolatrous
    relating to or practicing idolatry
    "I did not know what to do, for, as an English Churchman, I have been taught to regard such things as in some measure idolatrous, and yet it seemed so ungracious to refuse an old lady meaning so well and in such a state of mind." -"Dracula" Pg.4
  5. ungracious
    lacking charm and good taste
    "I did not know what to do, for, as an English Churchman, I have been taught to regard such things as in some measure idolatrous, and yet it seemed so ungracious to refuse an old lady meaning so well and in such a state of mind." -"Dracula" Pg.4
  6. polyglot
    a person who speaks more than one language
    "I could hear a lot of words often repeated, queer words, for there were many nationalities in the crowd, so I quietly got my polyglot dictionary from my bag and looked them out." - "Dracula" Pg.4
  7. bewilderingly
    in a bewildering and confusing manner
    "There was everywhere a bewildering mass of fruit blossom--apple, plum, pear, cherry. And as we drove by I could see the green grass under the trees spangled with the fallen petals." -"Dracula" Pg.5
  8. goitre
    abnormally enlarged thyroid gland
    "Here and there we passed Cszeks and slovaks, all in picturesque attire, but I noticed that goitre was painfully prevalent." -"Dracula" Pg.6
  9. exertion
    use of physical or mental energy; hard work
    "He lashed the horses unmercifully with his long whip, and with wild cries of encouragement urged them on to further exertions." -"Dracula" Pg.6
  10. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
    "His strength must have been prodigious." -"Dracula" Pg.7
  11. salient
    conspicuous, prominent, or important
    "The carriage went at a hard pace straight along, then we made a complete turn and went along another straight road. It seemed to me that we were simply going over and over the same ground again, and so I took note of some salient point, and found that this was so." - "Dracula" Pg.7
  12. caleche
    the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage
    "For I was minded to jump from the caleche and run, whilst they reared again and plunged madly, so that the driver had to use all his great strength to keep them from bolting. In a few minutes, however, my own ears got accustomed to the sound, and the horses so far became quiet that the driver was able to descend and to stand before them." -"Dracula" Pg.8
  13. impalpable
    not perceptible to the touch
    "As he swept his long arms, as though brushing aside some impalpable obstacle, the wolves fell back and back further still." -"Dracula" Pg.9
  14. interminable
    tiresomely long; seemingly without end
    "The time seemed interminable as we swept on our way, now in almost complete darkness, for the rolling clouds obscured the moon." -"Dracula" Pg.9
  15. battlement
    a notched rampart around the top of a castle or city wall
    "Suddenly, I became conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the sky." -"Dracula" Pg.10
  16. solicitor
    a British lawyer who gives legal advice
    "Mina would not like that. Solicitor, for just before leaving London I got word that my examination was successful, and I am now a full-blown solicitor!" - "Dracula" Pg.11
  17. akin
    related by blood
    "The strength of the handshake was so much akin to that which I had noticed in the driver, whose face I had not seen, that for a moment I doubted if it were not the same person to whom I was speaking." -"Dracula" Pg.12
  18. gout
    a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints
    "I must regret that an attack of gout, from which malady I am a constant sufferer, forbids absolutely any travelling on my part for some time to come. But I am happy to say I can send a sufficient substitute, one in whom I have every possible confidence. He is a young man, full of energy and talent in his own way, and of a very faithful disposition. He is discreet and silent, and has grown into manhood in my service. He shall be ready to attend on you when you will during his stay, and shall tak
  19. deficiency
    lack of an adequate quantity or number
    "There are certainly odd deficiencies in the house, considering the extraordinary evidences of wealth which are round me." - "Dracula" Pg.14
  20. intonation
    the act of singing in a monotonous tone
    "You shall, I trust, rest here with me a while, so that by our talking I may learn the English intonation." - "Dracula" Pg.15
  21. malignant
    dangerous to health
    "Somehow his words and his look did not seem to accord, or else it was that his cast of face made his smile look malignant and saturnine." - "Dracula" Pg.18
  22. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
    "Somehow his words and his look did not seem to accord, or else it was that his cast of face made his smile look malignant and saturnine." - "Dracula" Pg.18
  23. bauble
    cheap showy jewelry or ornament
    "It is a foul bauble of man's vanity." - "Dracula" Pg.20
  24. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
    "For a man who was never in the country, and who did not evidently do much in the way of business, his knowledge and acumen were wonderful." - "Dracula" Pg.34
  25. semblance
    the outward or apparent appearance or form of something
    "What manner of man is this, or what manner of creature, is it in the semblance of man?" - "Dracula" Pg.36
Created on Thu May 23 11:04:10 EDT 2013 (updated Thu May 30 09:58:02 EDT 2013)

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