Dracula Chapter 1-2 Vocab
polygot
a book with many different versions of the same text in different languages
conveyence
a carriage, mode of transportation
cleft
a crack, crevice
chasm
a deep gap, abyss, gorge
goitre
a disease of the thyroid gland, a swelling of the neck
patronymic
a family name from father's side
carafe
a glass pitcher
salutaion
a greeting
percippice
a high cliff
solicitor
a lawyer
caleche [calash]
a lightweight carriage with a collapsible top
smattering
a minimal amount of knowledge or understnading
gout
a noticeable and painful inflammation in the joints, usually in the feet or hands
diligence
a stagecoach
shorthand
a system that uses symbols and abbreviations for rapid writing
bauble
a trinket
profusion
an abundance
malady
an illness
procured
aquired
rank
bad-smelling
brigands
bandits
implored
begged
saturnine
bitter; sullen
perforce
by or through necessity
modesty
decency
dissipated
drained, washed away, exhausted
alacrity
eagerness
aquiline
eagle-like
octangonal
eight-sided
inerminable
endless
physiognomy
facial features; typically facial features were thought to determine a person's character
reverently
faithfully, religiously
forcemeat
ground meat, fish, or poultry that is heavily spiced and sometime used in stuffing
malignant
harmful, evil
hay-ricks
haystacks
scantily
in small amounts
myriad
innumerable, countless
imperative
mandatory, essential
import
meaning, significance
remissness
negligence
salient
noticeable, striking
afield
off track
imperious
overbearing, arrogant
pallor
paleness
traps
personal belongings
prepossessing
pleasing; impressive
voluptuousness
pleasure
missals
prayer books
engendered
produced
beetling
projecting
prosecuting
pursuing
interrogatively
questioningly
reticent
quiet, reserved, unwilling to speak
prosaic
realistic
ruddiness
redness
squat
short and fat
protuberant
sticking out
preternatural
supernatural
sheered
swerved
intonation
the act of producing tones; tone of voice
keep
the central part of a castle
battlements
the top edges of a castle wall
accord
to agree
penetrate
to break or force through
forestall
to delay
alight
to step down
veritable
unquestionable
impalpable
unseen, untouchable
hitherto
up until now
sinewy
vein-like and muscular
serpentine
winding
casements
window frames
staves
wooden plates
diffuse
wordy, long-winded
idolatrous
worshiping images (idols) not God
