Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Vocabulary: Fall List #9

1. bosom: intimate center

2. prudently: practical; wise

3. inveterate: habitual

4. propensity: a natural tendency

5. repose: to pose again

6. stripling: a young man

7. sequester: seclude; to remove

8. apparition: a visual of a ghost

9. purport: to present in a deliberate manner

10. imbided: to drink

11. incessant: consistent

12. cognomen: a nickname

13. reverie: a daydream

14. spectre: a visible ghost

15. tarry: linger

[Hessian]- a german soldier from the Civil War Era.

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