Sunday, May 8, 2011

Vocabulary Builder. Section 8. Pages 199-221. Kallie Thoreson

TENEMENTS pg. 199 – a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city
ARCHAIC pg. 200 – marked by the characteristics of an earlier period
UBIQUITOUS pg. 201 – existing or being everywhere at the same time
 CARPING pg. 203 – to find fault or complain
AVOWED pg. 203 – to declare openly, bluntly, and without shame
RECALCITRANT pg. 205 – hard to deal with; not responsive to treatment
EUPHEMISMS pg. 208 – the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant
OBEISANCE pg. 212 – expressing deep respect before a superior
AUSTERE pg. 214 – giving little or no scope for pleasure
NOUVEAUX pg. 216 – having recently become rich

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