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VOCABULARY Call my Bluff

VOCABULARY Call my Bluff. Chapters 1-5. BEACONED. A hand gesture a signaling or guiding device Contained liquid. AUSTERE. Severe or stern disposition or appearance Extremely hard surface Pertaining to the author, Jane Austen. EMULOUSLY. Eagerly or ambitious to equal or do better

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VOCABULARY Call my Bluff

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  1. VOCABULARYCall my Bluff Chapters 1-5

  2. BEACONED • A hand gesture • a signaling or guiding device • Contained liquid

  3. AUSTERE • Severe or stern disposition or appearance • Extremely hard surface • Pertaining to the author, Jane Austen

  4. EMULOUSLY • Eagerly or ambitious to equal or do better • Without effort or interest • With boredom

  5. COQUETRY • A type of needlecraft • Flirtation • A style of cooking

  6. SORDID • Hard to understand • Beautiful and enchanting • Filthy or dirty; foul

  7. APOCRYPHAL • —of questionable authorship or authenticity

  8. Relish • An appetite for something; a strong appreciation or liking • A long cuddle; to cuddle for a long time • Something close to your heart; to hold something close to your heart

  9. Holograph • A hallucination • A document written in the handwriting of the person whose signature it bears it • A document that includes a graph

  10. Offended • To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feeling • To feel unhappy and put upon • To be kept out in the cold

  11. Geniality • Connected to a person’s genetisc • Being of upper class • Having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner

  12. Protégé • One whose welfare, training, or career is promoted by an influential person • One whose career is made through crime • A French actor

  13. Labyrinth • An extremely complicated problem • An intricate structure or interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way • A type of wild cat that can only be found in India

  14. Inordinate • Exceeding reasonable limits; a large amount • A map co-ordinate • Being ignorant of good manners

  15. Disquietude • Worried unease; anxiety • Noise; disruption • Unnecessary rudeness

  16. Troglodytic • A person considered to be mentally ill • A person considered to be extremely ugly • A person considered to be reclusive, reactionary, out of date

  17. Iniquity • Gross immorality or injustice; wickedness • Huge debt • Great beauty

  18. Fortnight • A period of 10 days • A period of 14 days; two weeks • A period of three weeks

  19. Unobtrusive • Not at all rude • not undesirably noticeable or blatant; inconspicuous • Not understanding what is going on

  20. Pedant • One who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules • One who wears too much jewelry • One who accuses others of wrong-doing

  21. Abominable • Unusual; strange • Extremely cold • Detestable; loathsome

  22. Irrepressible • Uncontrollable • Irresponsible • Immeasurable

  23. Musing • To be absorbed in one’s thoughts; engage in meditation • To think outside the box • To hum quietly

  24. Accosted • To accompany someone • To approach and speak boldly or aggressively • To kick someone hard

  25. Insensate • Unaware of what is going on • Working within the government • Lacking sensation or awareness; inanimate

  26. Disinterred • To dig up or remove from a grave or tomb, to bring public notice • To disturb someone in the middle of sleeping • To have no interest in the topic

  27. Anatomical • Concerned with animals • Concerned with dissection • Concerned with Geography

  28. Ruminated • To turn a matter over and over in the mind • To marinate a meat in fragrant spices • To work out a mathematical problem

  29. Oration • A scolding/telling off • A statue created in wood • A formal speech, especially one given on a ceremonial occasion

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