Nouns
What is the definition of sacrament?
"It feels like I'm drinking blood, not the symbolic blood of the sacraments..., but real blood..." (page 179).
What is the definition of quell?
To suppress or subdue something
"SHe raised her hand to her head and scratched her scalp as though to quell a flame there" (page 132).
What is the definition of engrossed?
having all interest absorbed by someone or something
"His aunt was engrossed, enthralled by Claude's speech..." (page 102).
What is the definition of jubilation?
"He had always ben perplexed by the mixture of jubilation and sorrow that was part of Beau Jour's wakes..." (page 114).
What is the definition of botch?
To badly complete a task
"We were certainly doomed to botch a larger escapade..." (page 157).
What is the definition of elephantine?
resembling an elephant (especially being large, clumsy, or awkward)
"Catching the street merchants stealing glimpses at his elephantine frame..." (page 183).
What is the definition of reverie?
a state of being lost in a daydream
"He was still speaking out his reverie when his stepsister Anne walked in..." (page 209).
What is the definition of adorn?
to make more beautiful or attractive
"When he saw the president's ashen, spectacle-adorned face..." (page 192).
What is the definition of auxiliary?
providing additional support
"...beem paid to slip a piece of poisoned candy to the preacher's wife during a women's auxiliary meeting" (page 189).
What is the definition of trousseau?
the clothes, household linen, and other belongings collected by a bride for her marriage
"...as a young woman his aunt had embroidered a trousseau that she carried everywhere with her, thinking it would attract a husband" (page 114).
What is the definition of expatriated?
to go from one's native country
"Claude was probably in his late teens, too young, it seemed, to have been expatriated twice, from both his native country and his adopted land" (page 100).
What is the definition of emaciated?
abnormally thin or weak
"...scrawny, with a hollowed ivory face and two emaciated hands extended towards passersby" (page 184).