1. Mute (adjective) - Refraining From Speech Or Temporarily Speechless;
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1. Mute (adjective) - refraining from speech or temporarily speechless; not expressed in speech; characterized by an absence of sound; quiet. a. Sentence: Then she sat down at his table, and put her head on it, and was silent, with the patient suffering of black women, with the suffering of oxen, with the suffering of any that are mute. (page 40) b. My sentence: As the pastor was praying, all in the room were mute. 2. Gravely (adjective)- serious or solemn in manner or appearance; somber: his face was grave. a. Msimangu said Gravely, yes she is very sick. (Pg.53) b. The people stood gravely in the stands. 3. Articulately (adjective)- Having the ability to speak fluently and coherently. a. Inarticulately he strokes her face, his heart filled with pity. (pg. 61)
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b. The guy ran very articulately. Reconciled (verb)-make or show to be compatible. a. And thus reconciled, they sat hand in hand. (pg.61)
b. She wanted to be reconciled with her father. 5. Stipend (noun)-a fixed regular sum paid as a salary or allowance. a. To save ten pounds from a stipend of eight pounds a month takes much patience and time, especially for a parson, who must dress in good black cloths. (pg.64) b. At my job the stipend my pay. 6. Irresolute (adjective)-showing or feeling hesitancy. a. So getting no peace, she rose irresolute, and went to a room behind, and after sometime she returned with the bible. (pg.69) b. She stood irresolute outside his door. 7. Corrugated (adjective)-shaped into alternate ridges and grooves. a. There is corrugated iron in the reformatory.(pg.88) b. The roof was made of corrugated iron. 8. Travail (noun)-painful or laborious efforts. a. Africa that is my own, delivered in travail from my body, fed from my breast, love from my heart, because hat is the nature of woman. (pg.90)
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b. She was walking and she tripped and she was travail. Obscure (adjective)-not clearly expressed or easily
a. He had bought the child some cheap wooden blocks, and with these the little one played endlessly and intently, with a purpose obscure to the adult mind, but completely absorbing.(pg.93) b. The debate has become obscure by conflicting ideological perspective. 10. Desolate (adjective)-feeling or showing misery. a. and then in one fraction of time the hills with the deep melodious names stood out waste and desolate beneath the pitiless sun, the streams ceased to run, the cattle moved this and listless over the red and rootless earth.(pg.93) b. I suddenly felt desolate and bereft. 11. Muse (verb)-be absorbed in thought. a. His voice would falter and die away, and he would fall silent and muse.(pg.93) b. He was musing on the problems he faced. 12. Dubious (adjective)- hesitating or doubting. 13. Tenaciously (adjective)- not readily letting go of, giving up, or separated from an object that one holds, a position, or a principle 14. Ruefully (adjective)-expressing sorrow or regret. 15. Apprehension (noun)-anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen 16. Prodigal (adjective)-sending money or resources freely and recklessly. 17. Reproachfully (adjective)- expressing disapproval or disappointed. 18. Congenial (adjective)- pleasant because or a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one’s own. 19. Innumerable (adjective)- to many to be counted. 20. Quaintness (adjective)- attractively unusual or oldfashioned. 21. Repression (verb)- subdue by force. 22. Reverie (noun)- a state of being lost in one’s thoughts. 23. Expedient (adjective)- convenient and practical, although possibly improper or immoral. 24. Prestige (noun)- widespread respect and admiration felt for someone or something on the basis of a perception of their achievement or quality. 25. Scrupulous (adjective)- diligent thorough, and extremely attentive to details.
26. Renounce (verb)- formally declare ones abandonment. 27. Profoundly (adjective)- very great or intense. 28. Humility (noun)- a modest or low view of ones own importance; humbleness. 29. Transmuted (verb)- change in form, nature, or substance
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b. The guy ran very articulately. Reconciled (verb)-make or show to be compatible. a. And thus reconciled, they sat hand in hand. (pg.61)
b. She wanted to be reconciled with her father. 5. Stipend (noun)-a fixed regular sum paid as a salary or allowance. a. To save ten pounds from a stipend of eight pounds a month takes much patience and time, especially for a parson, who must dress in good black cloths. (pg.64) b. At my job the stipend my pay. 6. Irresolute (adjective)-showing or feeling hesitancy. a. So getting no peace, she rose irresolute, and went to a room behind, and after sometime she returned with the bible. (pg.69) b. She stood irresolute outside his door. 7. Corrugated (adjective)-shaped into alternate ridges and grooves. a. There is corrugated iron in the reformatory.(pg.88) b. The roof was made of corrugated iron. 8. Travail (noun)-painful or laborious efforts. a. Africa that is my own, delivered in travail from my body, fed from my breast, love from my heart, because hat is the nature of woman. (pg.90)
9. understood.
b. She was walking and she tripped and she was travail. Obscure (adjective)-not clearly expressed or easily
a. He had bought the child some cheap wooden blocks, and with these the little one played endlessly and intently, with a purpose obscure to the adult mind, but completely absorbing.(pg.93) b. The debate has become obscure by conflicting ideological perspective. 10. Desolate (adjective)-feeling or showing misery. a. and then in one fraction of time the hills with the deep melodious names stood out waste and desolate beneath the pitiless sun, the streams ceased to run, the cattle moved this and listless over the red and rootless earth.(pg.93) b. I suddenly felt desolate and bereft. 11. Muse (verb)-be absorbed in thought. a. His voice would falter and die away, and he would fall silent and muse.(pg.93) b. He was musing on the problems he faced. 12. Dubious (adjective)- hesitating or doubting. 13. Tenaciously (adjective)- not readily letting go of, giving up, or separated from an object that one holds, a position, or a principle 14. Ruefully (adjective)-expressing sorrow or regret. 15. Apprehension (noun)-anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen 16. Prodigal (adjective)-sending money or resources freely and recklessly. 17. Reproachfully (adjective)- expressing disapproval or disappointed. 18. Congenial (adjective)- pleasant because or a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one’s own. 19. Innumerable (adjective)- to many to be counted. 20. Quaintness (adjective)- attractively unusual or oldfashioned. 21. Repression (verb)- subdue by force. 22. Reverie (noun)- a state of being lost in one’s thoughts. 23. Expedient (adjective)- convenient and practical, although possibly improper or immoral. 24. Prestige (noun)- widespread respect and admiration felt for someone or something on the basis of a perception of their achievement or quality. 25. Scrupulous (adjective)- diligent thorough, and extremely attentive to details.
26. Renounce (verb)- formally declare ones abandonment. 27. Profoundly (adjective)- very great or intense. 28. Humility (noun)- a modest or low view of ones own importance; humbleness. 29. Transmuted (verb)- change in form, nature, or substance
