Vocabulary Ch. 1-8
| 1. | inferior | (adjective)
lower in rank or value (inferiority: noun) He did not understand about this, but it made him feel unhappy, because Kay seemed to regard it as making him inferior in some way. (p. 13) |
| 2. | reluctant | (adjective)
unwilling,
resisting, hesitant (reluctance: noun) It was reluctant to fire any more arrows because they were valuable things and would certainly get lost in the undergrowth. (p. 21) He knew that it had to be borne, however, and got up obediently enough, after giving Cavall a last reluctant pat. (p. 51) |
| 3. | ignorance | (noun)
lack of knowledge, information, or experience (ignore: verb) "And I am sorry, boy," said the owl. "I can see that you spoke in ignorance." (p. 40) |
| 4. | regret | (verb)
to feel remorseful for committing wrongs or making mistakes (regret:
noun) "I bitterly regret that I should have been so petty as to take offense where none was intended." (p. 40) |
| 5. | impatient | (adjective)
unable to tolerate delay, irritation or opposition
(impatience: noun) He was one of those people who would be neither a follower nor a leader, but only an aspiring heart, impatient in the failing body which imprisoned it. (p. 45) |
| 6. | defender | (noun)
one
who
keeps safe from danger or attack (defend: verb, defense:
noun, defensive: adjective) The overhanging turrets had holes in their floors through which the defenders could drop things on your head. (p. 47) |
| 7. | revere | (verb)
to
regard
with awe and devotion, as a superior (reverence: noun,
reverent: adjective) The dogs all loved him very much, and revered him for taking thorns out of their toes, and came to him with their little troubles at once. (p. 49) |
| 8. | glare | (verb)
to
stare
angrily and fixedly (glare: noun) “Nonsense,” said the swan snappily, putting its head into the water and giving them a frown. It continued to glare at them from up above. (p. 58) |
| 9. | ravaged | (adjective)
ruined
by violence, badly damaged (ravage: verb) The great body ... ended in a face which had been ravaged by all the passions of an absolute monarch, by cruelty, sorrow, pride, loneliness... (p. 59) |
| 10. | ordeal | (noun)
difficult or painful experience, especially one that severely tests
character or endurance. At the mention of an ordeal the Wart trembled within himself. (p. 112) |