Lesson 7
How about a few more vocabulary words from Gone With the Wind? Just one more lesson after this one, which started here.
quixoticism, p 383—annoyed at myself to find that so much quixoticism still lingers in me
—rash, lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly; exceeding idealistic; unrealistic, impractical
fillip, p 383—There’s nothing like danger and death to give an added fillip.
—a slight smart stroke or tape given with the flip of the finger against the thumb
timorously, p 388—timorously followed Scarlett up the avenue
—of a timid disposition; fearful, lacking confidence
scuppernong, p 402—under the scuppernong arbor
— a cultivated grape with yellowish-green plum-flavored fruits
martinet, p 409—Poor Mammy, still the martinet about such unimportant things
—a strict disciplinarian; a person who stresses a rigid adherence to the details of forms and methods
vermifuge, p 424—But the vermifuge only made the child look paler.
—an agent that destroys or expels parasitic worms
hants, p 424—[Wade] was more afraid of the Yankees than of Prissy’s hants.
—derived from haunts
pusillanimous, p 510—that pusillanimous fellow
—lacking courage and resolution; timid
paletot, p 527—and, as she took in the black velvet paletot, how short jackets are!
—A close-fitting jacket differing in material from the rest of the costume, worn by women, especially in the 19th century
dishabille, p 561—dirty and unshaven and without a cravat but somehow jaunty despite his dishabille
—The state of being dressed in a careless, disheveled, or disorderly manner
vituperative, p 626—Vituperative words rushed to her lips.
—to find fault with, to censure harshly or abusively
saturnine, p 635—one glimpse of Tony’s swarthy saturnine face
—a sluggish, gloomy temperament; gloomy; taciturn; moody
benighted, p 663—information about this benighted town
—intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened
laconic, p 679—his laconic message that Gerald was dead
—expressing much in very few words; concise
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