Definitions of Words

I have definitions on the first 5 chapters, so if you guys are unsure you can check here:

(Just updated: up to and including chapter 9)

Chapter 1

   ~ harassed – tired and anxious because you have too much to do

            ~ flushed – red; with a red face

            ~ adamant – determined not to change your mind or be persuaded

            ~ mackintosh – rain coat

            ~ large black range – fireplace/stove

            ~ alcove – An area in a room that is formed by part of a wall being built

               farther back than the rest of the wall.

            ~ plimsolls – a light simple shoe made of canvas with a rubber sole

            ~ beam – to have a big happy smile on your face

            ~ unperturbed – not worried or anxious; not stressed

            ~ reverberated – echo; repeated several times

            ~ coke – a black substance that is  produced from coal and burnt to

               provide heat

Chapter 2

            ~ bewildering – making you feel confused because there are too many things to

                choose from or because something is difficult to understand

             ~ haversack – a bag that is carried on the back or over the shoulder, especially

                 when walking in the country

             ~ mauve – pale purple in colour

             ~ rapt – interested in one particular thing that you are not aware of anything else

Chapter 3

             ~ seared – to cause someone te feel sudden and great pain

             ~ eave – the lower edge of a roof that stick out over the walls

             ~ voluminous – very large, having a lot of cloth

             ~ weals – sore, red marks on somebody’s skin where they’ve been hit

             ~ impotently – having no power to change things or influence a situation

             ~ sanctuary – a safe place

             ~ ambled – to walk at a slow, relaxed speed

             ~ a line of bushes planted along the edge of a field or road (especially in Britain)

             ~ nag – (old fashioned, informal) way of saying a horse

             ~ peered – to look closely or carefully at something

             ~ gingerly – in a careful way, because you are afraid of being hurt

             ~ lolloped – to walk or run with long, awkward steps

Chapter 4

~ disjointed – not connected

             ~ motley – consisting of many types of people that do not seem to belong together

             ~ jaundiced – a medical condition where the skin and white parts of the eye become

                 yellow.

             ~ drapers – a shop or stor that sells cloth and curtains etc.

             ~ combinations – a piece of underwear covering the body and legs, worn in the past

             ~ stifling – as if one cannot breathe

             ~ nonsensical – rediculous, with no meaning

             ~ dally – to do something too slowly or to take too much time making a decision

             ~ daze – in a confused state

             ~ slosh – to make liquid move in a noisy way, to use liquid carelessly

             ~ disarray – a state of confusion and lack of orginasation in a situation or place

             ~ cuff – to hit someone quickly and lightly with the hand

             ~ unceasingly – continuing all the time

             ~ tousling – to make someone’s hair untidy

           Chapter 5

~           ~   Grange – Homestead of a lord or wealthy man             ~ panorama – a view of wide area or land             ~ witch hazel – a liquid that is used for treating injuries on the skin             ~ intermittently – stopping and starting over a period of time, but not regularly             ~ dumpy – short and fat             ~ spellbound – with your attention completely held by what you are listening to or                  seeing             ~ riveted – to hold someone’s attention or interest so completely so that they cannot                  look away or think of anything else             ~ consequently – as a result; therefore             ~ lasting a very long time and therefore boring and annoying             ~ brusquely – using very few words and sounding rude             ~ laboriously – attempting something difficult or hard physical work             ~ reticent – unwilling to tell people about things; withdrawn or reserved

           Chapter 6

Words:  ~ penetrate – to go into or through something

             ~ averted – to turn your eyes away from something you don’t want to see

             ~ recluse – a person who lives alone and likes to avoid other people

             ~ exuberant – full of energy, excitement and happiness

             ~ continuation – continuing; something that continues or follows

             ~ inconspicuously – not attracting attention, not easy to notice

             ~ stupor – a state in which you’re unable to think clearly

             ~ cultured – well educated and able to understand and enjoy art, literature etc.

             ~ surveyed – to look carefully at the whole of something to get a general impression

             ~ ridicule – to make someone look silly by laughing at them in an unkind way

             ~ voluble – talking a lot and enthuasiastically about something

             ~ interspersed – to put something in between or among other things

             ~ sagacity –good judgement or understanding

           Chapter 7

Words: ~ nonchalantly – behaving in a calm or relaxed way, like you’re not anxious

             ~ taters – a potato

             ~ queer – strange or unusual

             ~ dekko – to look (at something)

             ~ glutinous – sticky

             ~ squelched – to make a wet, sucking sound

             ~ dingy – dark and dirty

             ~ incoherantly – unable to express yourself clearly

             ~ confided – telling someone information that you don’t want others to know

             ~ delumptious – A mixture of delicious and scrumptious.

             ~ quenched – to drink so that you no longer feel thirsty

             ~ tiddlers – small fish

             ~ disintegrated – to break into small parts or pieces and be destroyed

             ~ rectory – a house where the rector of a church lives (usually Anglican)

             ~ Cor! – An exclamation, like “Wow!”

           Chapter 8

Words:  ~ dilapidated – old and in very bad condition

             ~ horde – a large crowd of people

             ~ humbugs – a hard candy that’s made from boiled suger

             ~ flaxen – a pale yellow

             ~ juncture – a particular point in a series of activities

             ~ anguish – sever pain, mental suffering or unhappiness

             ~ dejected – unhappy or disappointed

             ~ queried – to ask a question, expressing doubt

             ~ daft – silly, often in a way that’s amusing

             ~ enormously – very, very much

             ~ interjected – to interrupt what someone’s saying with your opinion or remark

             ~ perturbed – anxious or worried about

             ~ aghast – filled with horror or surprise

             ~ erupted – to suddenly start happening

             ~ gales – the sound of people laughing very loudly

          Chapter 9

Words:  ~ balaclava – a woollen hat made to cover most of the head, neck and face

             ~ ensuing – to happen as a result of another event