PART ONE: CHAPTER FIFTEEN - A Telegram — Vocabulary
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott — key words and definitions
Vocabulary Words from PART ONE: CHAPTER FIFTEEN - A Telegram
- pensively (adverb)
- In a way that suggests deep, often melancholy thought.
- panacea (noun)
- A remedy or solution for all difficulties or diseases.
- benignant (adjective)
- Kindly, gracious, or favorable in manner or effect.
- despondent (adjective)
- In low spirits from loss of hope or courage; dejected.
- perturbed (adjective)
- Feeling anxious or unsettled; disturbed.
- trifling (adjective)
- Unimportant or trivial; of little value.
- fervent (adjective)
- Having or displaying a passionate intensity of feeling.
- afflictions (noun)
- Causes of pain, suffering, or distress.
- commissions (noun)
- Tasks or duties entrusted to a person to carry out.
- heiress (noun)
- A woman who inherits or is entitled to inherit a large fortune or estate.
- spatted (verb)
- Worked or shaped by patting or pressing with the hands (used here for sculpting clay).
- consoler (noun)
- A person or thing that provides comfort in a time of grief or distress.
- amiably (adverb)
- In a friendly and pleasant manner.
- fleet (adjective)
- Moving with great speed; swift.
- ninepence (noun)
- A small British coin worth nine pence; used figuratively to mean a very small amount of money.