Chapter 9
A checkered pattern, usually on clothing
What is gingham?
without a clear shape or structure
What is formless?
lively and playful; skipping about
What is frolicsome?
intensely deep, bright, or lively
dying or shrunken; as in a plant
What is withered?
a woman employed to launder clothes
What is a laundress?
surrounded or wrapped up by something
What is enveloped?
a brief smell
What is a whiff?
unable to break through
What is impenetrable?
deserted of people; empty and barren
What is desolate?
in a manner too strong to be described in words or actions
What is inexpressibly?
a large, looming mass of something; usually smoke
What are billows?
gathered or being situated in a group
What is clustered?
falls in stages, usually over a cliff
skilled at gaining an advantage, usually deceitfully
What is wily?
a lack of material or personal belongings
What are deprivations?
slow, laborous, or clumsy
What is ponderous?
a species of grape vine
What is muscadine?
was a sign or warning of something
What is portended?
smoothly rising and falling; like waves
What is undulating?
expressing disapproval or discontentment
What is reproachfully?
hostility or ill-treatment of a person or a group of people
What is persecution?
producing a pulsing or thudding sound, usually in equal intervals
What are pulsations?
deceptive, hard to grasp
What is illusive?
in a feeble or frail way
What is decrepitly?