Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Flashcards
(42 cards)
accounter
outfit and equip
acid
biting, sarcastic, or scornful
adversary
an opponent or an enemy
appease
satisfy or relieve
calico
a course, printed cotton cloth
commemorate
to honor the memory of
composition
a short essay, especially one written as an academic exercise
crevice
a narrow crack or opening
desist
to cease doing something; abstain
doggerel
clumsy verse, often having an irregular form and monotonous rhymes
ebullient
showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
economical
prudent and thrifty in management; sparing
emerge
come forth
equanimity
the quality of being calm and even-tempered
exile
the condition or period of living away from one’s native country
extrovert
person interested mostly in external objects and actions
fancy
to visualize; imagine
frugal
costing little
haggard
thin and contracted by or as if by fatigue or inner distress
instinct
an inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species
intoxicated
to stimulate or excite
laud
to give praise to; glorify
martyrdom
one who makes great sacrifices or suffers much for a belief, cause, or principle
masquerade
a costume or disguise; a charade