VOCABULARYCall my Bluff

Chapters 1-5

BEACONED

1. A hand gesture

2. a signaling or guiding device

3. Contained liquid

AUSTERE

1. Severe or stern disposition or appearance

2. Extremely hard surface

3. Pertaining to the author, Jane Austen

EMULOUSLY

1. Eagerly or ambitious to equal or do better

2. Without effort or interest

3. With boredom

COQUETRY

1. A type of needlecraft

2. Flirtation

3. A style of cooking

SORDID

1.Hard to understand

2.Beautiful and enchanting

3.Filthy or dirty; foul

APOCRYPHAL

• —of questionable authorship or authenticity

Relish

1. An appetite for something; a strong appreciation or liking

2. A long cuddle; to cuddle for a long time

3. Something close to your heart; to hold something close to your heart

Holograph

1.A hallucination

2.A document written in the handwriting of the person whose signature it bears it

3.A document that includes a graph

Offended

1. To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feeling

2. To feel unhappy and put upon

3. To be kept out in the cold

Geniality

1.Connected to a person’s genetisc

2.Being of upper class

3.Having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner

Protégé

1. One whose welfare, training, or career is promoted by an influential person

2. One whose career is made through crime

3. A French actor

Labyrinth

1. An extremely complicated problem

2. An intricate structure or interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way

3. A type of wild cat that can only be found in India

Inordinate

1. Exceeding reasonable limits; a large amount

2. A map co-ordinate

3. Being ignorant of good manners

Disquietude

1. Worried unease; anxiety

2. Noise; disruption

3. Unnecessary rudeness

Troglodytic

1. A person considered to be mentally ill

2. A person considered to be extremely ugly

3. A person considered to be reclusive, reactionary, out of date

Iniquity

1. Gross immorality or injustice; wickedness

2. Huge debt

3. Great beauty

Fortnight

1. A period of 10 days

2. A period of 14 days; two weeks

3. A period of three weeks

Unobtrusive

1. Not at all rude

2. not undesirably noticeable or blatant; inconspicuous

3. Not understanding what is going on

Pedant

1. One who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules

2. One who wears too much jewelry

3. One who accuses others of wrong-doing

Abominable

1.Unusual; strange

2.Extremely cold

3.Detestable; loathsome

Irrepressible

1. Uncontrollable

2. Irresponsible

3. Immeasurable

Musing

1. To be absorbed in one’s thoughts; engage in meditation

2. To think outside the box

3. To hum quietly

Accosted

1.To accompany someone

2.To approach and speak boldly or aggressively

3.To kick someone hard

Insensate

1. Unaware of what is going on

2. Working within the government

3. Lacking sensation or awareness; inanimate

Disinterred

1. To dig up or remove from a grave or tomb, to bring public notice

2. To disturb someone in the middle of sleeping

3. To have no interest in the topic

Anatomical

1. Concerned with animals

2. Concerned with dissection

3. Concerned with Geography

Ruminated

1. To turn a matter over and over in the mind

2. To marinate a meat in fragrant spices

3. To work out a mathematical problem

Oration

1.A scolding/telling off

2.A statue created in wood

3.A formal speech, especially one given on a ceremonial occasion