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The Ten Little Indians Vocabulary Make these lists into TIP charts to study. The Ten Little Indians Vocab. Qz 1 TIP Chart. tabouret p. 7 - a low stool or small table. settee p. 7 - a long upholstered seat for more than one person, typically with a back and arms.
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The Ten Little IndiansVocabularyMake these lists into TIP charts to study
The Ten Little Indians Vocab. Qz 1 TIP Chart • tabouret p. 7 - a low stool or small table. • settee p. 7 - a long upholstered seat for more than one person, typically with a back and arms. • Trifle p. 7 - a thing of little value or importance. • Specious p. 7 - superficially plausible, but actually wrong. • Shifty p. 7 - appearing deceitful or evasive. • poignant p. 10 - evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret. 7. Callow p. 11 - inexperienced and immature. 8. Magnate p. 12 - a wealthy and influential person, esp. in business. 9. Temperance p. 13 - abstinence from alcoholic drink. • Natal state- where one is from • Spinster p. 13 - an unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond the usual age for marriage. • Buddha p. 13 - founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)
The Ten Little Indians Vocab. Qz 2 TIP Chart • Shooting stick p. 13 - a walking stick with a handle that unfolds to form a seat and a sharpened end that can be stuck firmly in the ground. • Decadent p. - a person who is luxuriously self-indulgent. • Impertinent p. - not showing proper respect; rude. • Pathological p. 21 - compulsive • Footling p. 22 - trivial and irritating. • Buttonhole p. 23 - attract the attention of and detain (someone) in conversation, typically against his or her will. • Indictments p. - a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime. • Enquire p. - ask for information from someone. • Gramophone p. 26 - old-fashioned term for record player. • Preposterous p. 27 - contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous. • Obliged p. 29 - make (someone) legally or morally bound to an action or course of action. • Ambiguous p. 30 - (of language) open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.
The Ten Little Indians Vocab. Qz3 TIP Chart • Disembodied p. 32 - separated from or existing without the body. • Credentials p. - a qualification, achievement, personal quality, or aspect of a person's background, typically when used to indicate that they are suitable for something. • Homicidal lunatic p. 33 - characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being • Iniquitous p. 33 - grossly unfair and morally wrong. • Ably p. 33 – with skill or ability • Reconnaissance p. 34 - a general examination or survey of a region • Penal servitude p. 35- imprisonment with hard labor. • Insinuate p. 36 - suggest or hint in an indirect and unpleasant way. • Exonerated p. 37- forgive from blame for a fault or wrongdoing, • Ferret p. 38- a domesticated polecat kept as a pet esp. in Europe, used for catching rabbits. • Asphyxiation p. 38- a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body; choking. • Cyanide p. - a rapidly acting, potentially deadly chemical that can exist in various forms. • WARN curtain p. 38- a stage manager's warning that a curtain is about to be opened, closed, raised or lowered.
The Ten Little Indians Vocab. Qz 3 TIP Chart • mackerel scky p. 40- a darkened sky • ryvita p. 41- a rye-based crispbread • forage p. 44- search widely for food or provisions. • autopsy p. 45- a postmortem examination to discover the cause of death or the extent of disease. • solicitude p. 47- care or concern for someone or something. • automaton p. 47- a moving mechanical device made in imitation of a human being. • ubiquitous p. 48- present, appearing, or found everywhere. • rogues p. 53- living apart and having savage or destructive tendencies. • unctuously p. 53- acting excessively smooth, suave, or smug. • Acquitted p. 57- free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty. • Inquiry p. 57- an act of asking for information. • Mackintoshes p. 59- raincoats • Factitiousness p. 65- (artificiality)the state of being the product of intentional human manufacture, rather than occurring naturally. • Cached p. 66- store away in hiding or for future use. • Eminently p. 68- to a notable degree; very. • Klepto maniac p. 70- someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive • in Chancery p. 70- a law (of a suit) pending in the court of justice