Chapter X: Baker Farm — Vocabulary
Walden Pond by Henry David Thoreau — key words and definitions
Vocabulary Words from Chapter X: Baker Farm
- cynosure
- A person or thing that is the center of attention or admiration.
- shiftless
- Lacking ambition or resourcefulness; lazy or inefficient.
- demurred
- Raised doubts or objections; showed reluctance.
- resplendent
- Impressively beautiful; shining brilliantly.
- superfluous
- Unnecessary; more than what is needed or required.
- festoons
- Decorative chains or garlands hung in curves between two points.
- sibyl-like
- Resembling a sibyl, an ancient prophetess; having an aged, wizened, or mysterious appearance.
- talaria
- Winged sandals worn by Hermes (Mercury) in Greek mythology, enabling flight.
- usnea
- A genus of pale, thread-like lichens that hang from tree branches, also called old man's beard.
- hoary
- Gray or white with age; grayish-white in color.
- bole
- The trunk of a tree.
- abutment
- A structure that supports the end of a bridge or arch; the point where an arch meets its support.
- a-kimbo
- With hands on the hips and elbows turned outward, expressing defiance or impatience.
- posterity
- All future generations of people; a person's descendants.
- starveling
- A starving or severely underfed person or animal.
- pickerelweed
- An aquatic plant (Pontederia cordata) with spikes of blue flowers, common in shallow freshwater.