Late middle english
noun
Sentance:
It was either a straight acquittal or nothing.
Indignant- [in-dig-nuh
Latin
adjective
Sentance:
"You mean women in Alabama can't?" I was indignant.
Infantile- [in-fuh
Latin
Adjective
Sentance:
Jem waved my question away as being infantile.
Charlotte-[shahr-luh
French
noun
Sentance:
She carried a tray of charlotte.
Unrouged-[Un-roozh]-any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
French
Noun
Sentance:
The ladies were cool in fragile pastel prints: most of them were heavily powdered but unrouged.
Vocation- [voh-key-shuh
Late middle english
noun
Sentance:
Hurriedly I began choosing my vocation. Nurse? Aviator?...
Devout-[dih-vout]-devoted to divine worship or service; pious; religious
Middle english
adjective
Sentance:
She was the second most devout lady in Maycomb.
Sibilant- [sib-uh-luh
Latin
adjective
Sentance:
She had curios habit of prefacing everything she said with a soft sibilant sound.
Spurious-[spyoo
latin
adjective
Sentance:
The rural children who could, usually brought clippings from what they called The Grit Paper, a publication spurious in the eyes of Miss Gates.
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