Dracula Chapter 1-2 Vocab

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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


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