Chapter VIII: The Village — Vocabulary
Walden Pond by Henry David Thoreau — key words and definitions
Vocabulary Words from Chapter VIII: The Village
- homoeopathic
- Relating to homeopathy; by extension, extremely small or diluted in quantity.
- caryatides
- Sculpted female figures serving as architectural columns or supports (plural of caryatid).
- Etesian
- Relating to annual Mediterranean winds that blow from the north during summer.
- victualling
- Providing or selling food and provisions.
- gauntlet
- A form of punishment in which a person runs between two rows of people who strike them; a severe ordeal.
- irruption
- A sudden, forceful, or violent entry; a bursting in.
- tempestuous
- Characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion; stormy.
- genial
- Friendly and cheerful; (archaic) relating to or marked by genius or creative spirit.
- abstraction
- A state of preoccupation or absent-mindedness; withdrawal from worldly concerns.
- amok
- In a violently uncontrolled manner; a frenzied state of murderous rage (from Malay).
- insensibility
- The state of being unconscious or unaware; inability to feel or perceive.
- voluptuous
- Relating to or characterized by luxury, sensual pleasure, or self-indulgence.
- constrain
- To compel or force someone to follow a particular course of action.
- rambler
- A person who walks for pleasure, especially in the countryside.
- improperly gilded
- Covered with gold leaf or gold-colored material in an unsuitable or excessive way.