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VOCABULARY Call my Bluff. Chapters 1-5. BEACONED. A hand gesture a signaling or guiding device Contained liquid. AUSTERE. Severe or stern disposition or appearance Extremely hard surface Pertaining to the author, Jane Austen. EMULOUSLY. Eagerly or ambitious to equal or do better
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VOCABULARYCall my Bluff Chapters 1-5
BEACONED • A hand gesture • a signaling or guiding device • Contained liquid
AUSTERE • Severe or stern disposition or appearance • Extremely hard surface • Pertaining to the author, Jane Austen
EMULOUSLY • Eagerly or ambitious to equal or do better • Without effort or interest • With boredom
COQUETRY • A type of needlecraft • Flirtation • A style of cooking
SORDID • Hard to understand • Beautiful and enchanting • Filthy or dirty; foul
APOCRYPHAL • —of questionable authorship or authenticity
Relish • An appetite for something; a strong appreciation or liking • A long cuddle; to cuddle for a long time • Something close to your heart; to hold something close to your heart
Holograph • A hallucination • A document written in the handwriting of the person whose signature it bears it • A document that includes a graph
Offended • To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feeling • To feel unhappy and put upon • To be kept out in the cold
Geniality • Connected to a person’s genetisc • Being of upper class • Having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner
Protégé • One whose welfare, training, or career is promoted by an influential person • One whose career is made through crime • A French actor
Labyrinth • An extremely complicated problem • An intricate structure or interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way • A type of wild cat that can only be found in India
Inordinate • Exceeding reasonable limits; a large amount • A map co-ordinate • Being ignorant of good manners
Disquietude • Worried unease; anxiety • Noise; disruption • Unnecessary rudeness
Troglodytic • A person considered to be mentally ill • A person considered to be extremely ugly • A person considered to be reclusive, reactionary, out of date
Iniquity • Gross immorality or injustice; wickedness • Huge debt • Great beauty
Fortnight • A period of 10 days • A period of 14 days; two weeks • A period of three weeks
Unobtrusive • Not at all rude • not undesirably noticeable or blatant; inconspicuous • Not understanding what is going on
Pedant • One who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules • One who wears too much jewelry • One who accuses others of wrong-doing
Abominable • Unusual; strange • Extremely cold • Detestable; loathsome
Irrepressible • Uncontrollable • Irresponsible • Immeasurable
Musing • To be absorbed in one’s thoughts; engage in meditation • To think outside the box • To hum quietly
Accosted • To accompany someone • To approach and speak boldly or aggressively • To kick someone hard
Insensate • Unaware of what is going on • Working within the government • Lacking sensation or awareness; inanimate
Disinterred • To dig up or remove from a grave or tomb, to bring public notice • To disturb someone in the middle of sleeping • To have no interest in the topic
Anatomical • Concerned with animals • Concerned with dissection • Concerned with Geography
Ruminated • To turn a matter over and over in the mind • To marinate a meat in fragrant spices • To work out a mathematical problem
Oration • A scolding/telling off • A statue created in wood • A formal speech, especially one given on a ceremonial occasion