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Speckled Band Vocabulary
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Vocabulary words from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Speckled Band."
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waste time; be slow and leisurely
Vagabond
Dawdle
Reverie
Pretense
2
a two week period (fourteen days)
Impending
Fortnight
Calendar
Hasp
3
a small or meager amount [usually, but not always, of money]
Pitiable
Parapet
Parsonage
Pittance
4
pure untaught knowledge or quick insight; instinct
Deduction
Delirium
Intuition
Scruples
5
about to happen
Indiscreet
Impending
Imperturbable
Intuition
6
composed and calm;unable to be made upset
Indiscreet
Imperturbable
Impending
Intuition
7
sad and serious
morose
somber
bequeath
reverie
8
a wall-like structure at the edge of a roof or balcony
Pitiable
Parapet
Parsonage
Perplex
9
having an exhausted appearance, usually from long suffering
Vagabond
Somber
Haggard
Dissolute
10
given to immoral or improper conduct
Haggard
Impending
Amiable
Dissolute
11
doing something carelessly, obviously, without thinking; ready to reveal something private
Indiscreet
Insolence
Imperturbable
Impending
12
friendly or likable
Aperture
Hasp
Amiable
Somber
13
innocence; lack of good judgment
Imprudence
Indiscreet
Imperturbable
Impending
14
daydreaming or a trance-like state
Delirium
Reverie
Morose
Dawdling
15
a deceitful claim; an attempt to make something false appear true
Reverie
Pretense
Perplex
Morose
16
a temporary mental disorder sometimes involving hallucinations
Confound
Delirium
Perplex
Reverie
17
evoking or deserving pity
Pittance
Perplex
Parapet
Pitiable
18
a church house or residence of a pastor or a parson
Parapet
Parsonage
Pittance
Protruding
19
an opening
Parapet
Parsonage
Aperture
Science
20
to stun, surprise, or confuse
Perplexed
Deduction
Confound
Amiable
21
The act or process of deriving a conclusion from something known or assumed
Intuition
Pretense
Deduction
Pittance
22
a period of keeping watch without sleeping
Vigil
Vigilante
Reverie
Imperturbable
23
completely baffled; very puzzled
Delirium
Perplexed
Confound
Protruding
24
a sense of right and wrong; hesitating due to conscience
Intuition
Scruples
Confound
Perplex
25
expressing a gloomy or sad mood
Morose
Pitiable
Somber
Pretense
26
rudeness
Pretense
Insolence
Protruding
Dissolute
27
sticking out; poking out
Imprudence
Insolence
Pretense
Protruding
28
a person who wanders from place to place without a home
Pitiable
Haggard
Vagabond
Dawdling
29
to hand down or pass on
Hasp
Bequeath
Confound
Perplex
30
a clasp fastened by a pin or a lock
Hasp
Bequeath
Haggard
Indiscreet
