Ch. 1-2 Vocab.

to separate the grain or seeds from (a cereal plant or the like) by some mechanical means, as by beating with a flail

an additional, usually subsidiary and implicit meaning or quality

inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative

lying down; reclining; leaning

to appeal or entreat earnestly

worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness

lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.

having hardness and rigidity but little tensile strength;breaking readily with a comparatively smooth fracture, as glass

to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject

gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.

a liquid or semiliquid preparation for rubbing on or applying to the skin, as for sprains or bruises, usually soothing

with great care or caution; warily.

depressed in spirits; disheartened; low-spirited

to plunge into water or the like; drench:

a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something:

to release from attachment or connection; loosen; unfasten

the line or point at which two bodies are joined; joint or articulation; seam

a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed

tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory

expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful

a bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions, carried by a hobo.

the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.

to go with impatient or impetuous, exaggerated movements

to speak derisively; mock; jeer

resting on imposts treated in part as downward continuations of the arch.

burdened; loaded down

to whine or complain

abrupt in manner; blunt; rough:

a container with a greater width than depth, smaller toward bottom, used to hold water or other liquid, for bathing

submissive or acquiescent.