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The Ten Little Indians Vocabulary Make these lists into TIP charts to study

The Ten Little Indians Vocabulary Make these lists into TIP charts to study. The Ten Little Indians Vocab. Qz 1 TIP Chart. tabouret p. 7 - a low stool or small table. settee p. 7 - a long upholstered seat for more than one person, typically with a back and arms.

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The Ten Little Indians Vocabulary Make these lists into TIP charts to study

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  1. The Ten Little IndiansVocabularyMake these lists into TIP charts to study

  2. The Ten Little Indians Vocab. Qz 1 TIP Chart • tabouret p. 7 - a low stool or small table. • settee p. 7 - a long upholstered seat for more than one person, typically with a back and arms. • Trifle p. 7 - a thing of little value or importance. • Specious p. 7 - superficially plausible, but actually wrong. • Shifty p. 7 - appearing deceitful or evasive. • poignant p. 10 - evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret. 7. Callow p. 11 - inexperienced and immature. 8. Magnate p. 12 - a wealthy and influential person, esp. in business. 9. Temperance p. 13 - abstinence from alcoholic drink. • Natal state- where one is from • Spinster p. 13 - an unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond the usual age for marriage. • Buddha p. 13 - founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)

  3. The Ten Little Indians Vocab. Qz 2 TIP Chart • Shooting stick p. 13 - a walking stick with a handle that unfolds to form a seat and a sharpened end that can be stuck firmly in the ground. • Decadent p. - a person who is luxuriously self-indulgent. • Impertinent p. - not showing proper respect; rude. • Pathological p. 21 - compulsive • Footling p. 22 - trivial and irritating. • Buttonhole p. 23 - attract the attention of and detain (someone) in conversation, typically against his or her will. • Indictments p. - a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime. • Enquire p. - ask for information from someone. • Gramophone p. 26 - old-fashioned term for record player. • Preposterous p. 27 - contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous. • Obliged p. 29 - make (someone) legally or morally bound to an action or course of action. • Ambiguous p. 30 - (of language) open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.

  4. The Ten Little Indians Vocab. Qz3 TIP Chart • Disembodied p. 32 - separated from or existing without the body. • Credentials p. - a qualification, achievement, personal quality, or aspect of a person's background, typically when used to indicate that they are suitable for something. • Homicidal lunatic p. 33 - characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being • Iniquitous p. 33 - grossly unfair and morally wrong. • Ably p. 33 – with skill or ability • Reconnaissance p. 34 - a general examination or survey of a region • Penal servitude p. 35- imprisonment with hard labor. • Insinuate p. 36 - suggest or hint in an indirect and unpleasant way. • Exonerated p. 37- forgive from blame for a fault or wrongdoing, • Ferret p. 38- a domesticated polecat kept as a pet esp. in Europe, used for catching rabbits. • Asphyxiation p. 38- a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body; choking. • Cyanide p. - a rapidly acting, potentially deadly chemical that can exist in various forms. • WARN curtain p. 38- a stage manager's warning that a curtain is about to be opened, closed, raised or lowered.

  5. The Ten Little Indians Vocab. Qz 3 TIP Chart • mackerel scky p. 40- a darkened sky • ryvita p. 41- a rye-based crispbread • forage p. 44- search widely for food or provisions. • autopsy p. 45- a postmortem examination to discover the cause of death or the extent of disease. • solicitude p. 47- care or concern for someone or something. • automaton p. 47- a moving mechanical device made in imitation of a human being. • ubiquitous p. 48- present, appearing, or found everywhere. • rogues p. 53- living apart and having savage or destructive tendencies. • unctuously p. 53- acting excessively smooth, suave, or smug. • Acquitted p. 57- free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty. • Inquiry p. 57- an act of asking for information. • Mackintoshes p. 59- raincoats • Factitiousness p. 65- (artificiality)the state of being the product of intentional human manufacture, rather than occurring naturally. • Cached p. 66- store away in hiding or for future use. • Eminently p. 68- to a notable degree; very. • Klepto maniac p. 70- someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive • in Chancery p. 70- a law (of a suit) pending in the court of justice

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