| 1. lament
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(noun):
____________________________________________ |
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p. 70: When they
demanded a third song, she sang a slow, deep lament, intense and full
of suffering.
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| 2. constrict |
(________): to make
narrower by squeezing
or drawing together tightly |
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p. 74: Like poor
Miri, my heart constricted with fear at the thought.
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| 3. serenity |
(_____):
___________________________________________ |
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p. 77: I set out
joyously, for church gave me great serenity and strength of spirit.
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| 4. delineate |
(_____): to sketch the
outline
of a picture, or to outline an idea in words |
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p. 88: I had soon
decided that until I could manage the outlines
of objects, delineate their shapes and their positions in space, there
was
no point in trying to paint.
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| 5. vulgarity |
(noun):
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p. 92: I would
have disliked that ... man because of his loud voice
and his frequent vulgarity, were it not that he was completely devoted
to Master.
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| 6. vivacious |
(adjective):
____________________________________________ |
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p. 99: I convinced
myself that Juan Bautista was really in love
with our vivacious Paquita.
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| 7. dismay |
(noun): a sudden loss
of courage or confidence
in the face of trouble |
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p. 99: I saw her
little gasp of surprise, then an expression of joy,
and immediately one of dismay.
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| 8. meticulous |
(adjective):
_____________________________________________ |
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p. 114: For some
time I resented the meticulous way Master painted
these deformed and pathetic beings.
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| 9. compassionate |
(_______):
sympathetic, sharing the suffering
of another person. |
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p. 108: ... I could
not allow him to exclude himself from tender
and compassionate people ....
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| 10. preoccupation |
(noun):
_______________________________________________
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p. 117: He did not
intend any rudeness ... It showed the
young man’s ignorance, or perhaps merely his preoccupation. |