Stethoscope: instrument used to listen to the heart or lungs.
Amiable: agreeable
Jovial: jolly
Restraint to hold back
Bizarre odd
Benign: harmless
Indolent: lazy
Facetious: joking inappropriately
Melodramatic: overly dramatic
Patriarchal society: one where the father rules
Social Milieu: thinking of the times
Zeitgeist: the spirit or mood of the times
Impudent: rude
Combative: willing to fight
Endeavors: efforts
Obstinate: stubborn
Precocious: advanced beyond one’s years
Belfry: bell tower
Asylum: institution for the mentally and physically ill
Rueful: regretful
Genially: cheerfully
Consummately: completely
Hireling: employee
Grimace: facial expression, usually of pain
Allusion: reference to something
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