JUNIOR ENGLISH Week 1 Vocabulary

In the red glow from the fire-box, a group of people stood huddled together on the platform, encumbered by bundles and boxes.

The top of his left ear was gone… Surely this was the face of a desperado.

Her voice was high and rather shrill, and she often spoke with an anxious inflection…

…for she was exceedingly desirous that everything should go with due order and decorum.

As we sat at the table, Otto and I kept stealing covert glances at each other.

His iron constitution was somewhat broken by mountain pneumonia…

But, as he uttered it, it became oracular, the most sacred of words.

Their backs were polished vermilion, with black spots.

I could still see nothing but rough red hillocks and draws with shelving banks and long roots hanging out.

Pavel was said to be an anarchist…probably his wild gesticulations and his generally excited manner gave rise to this notion.

1.encumbered (adj.)— hindered; weighed down 2.desperado (n.) —bold or desperate outlaw 3.inflection (n.)—alteration in the pitch of the voice 4.decorum (n.)—appropriate conduct

5. covert (adj.)—not done openly; concealed 6. constitution (n.)—physical make-up of a person 7. oracular (adj.)—wise; prophetic, sacred

8. vermilion (adj.)—bright reddish-orange color 9. hillocks (n.)—small hills 10. gesticulations (n.)— vigorous gestures; body movements emphasizing speech