Cry the Beloved Country Vocabulary

Tristan Duncan
10-28-09

1. 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. (PG. 40)
B. My Sentence: When we first all heard the news of the death
we were mute.
2. Gravely (adverb)- serious or solemn in manner or appearance;
somber.
A. Sentence:
B. My sentence: We all looked gravely at the scene of the
accident.
1. Articulately (adverb)- having or showing the ability to speak fluently and
coherently; having joints or jointed segments.
A. Sentence:
B. My sentence: Our teacher wants us to become articulately advanced students.
1. Reconciled (verb)- to restore friendly relations between
A. Sentence:
B. My sentence: My friend and I reconciled after our big fight.
1. Stipend (noun)- a fixed regular sum paid as a salary or allowance.
A. Sentence:
B. My sentence: I receive a stipend from my parents weekly.
1. Irresolute (adjective)- showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain.
A. Sentence:
B. My Sentence: It is irresolute whether we can remain on Earth or not.
1. Corrugated (adjective)- shaped into alternate ridges and grooves.
A. Sentence:
B. My Sentence: Many homes in third world countries have roofs made of
corrugated tin.
1. Travail (noun)- painful or laborious effort.
A. Sentence:
B. My Sentence: It was travail attempting that hike.
1. Obscure (adjective)- not discovered or known about; uncertain.
A. Sentence:
B. My sentence: The hiking trail had an obscure felling about it, but when we
stopped seeing trail markers it was clear that we were lost.
1. Desolate (adjective)- Deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal
emptiness.
A. Sentence:
B. My sentence: As we stumbled upon that town we realized it was a bleak,
desolate place.
1. Muse (verb)- be absorbed in thought.
A. Sentence:
B. My sentence: I often try to escape this world’s problems and go to a place
simply to muse.
1. Dubious (adjective)- hesitating or doubting; not to be relied upon; suspect.
2. Tenaciously (adverb) not readily letting go of, or separated from an object that
holds, a position, or a principle.
3. Ruefully (adverb)- expressing sorrow or regret, especially when in a slightly
humorous way.
4. Apprehension (noun)- anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will
happen.
5. Prodigal (adjective)- spending money or resources freely and recklessly;
wastefully extravagant.
6. Reproachfully (adverb) expressing disapproval or disappointment.
7. Congenial (adjective)- pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that
are similar to one’s own.
8. Innumerable (adjective)- too many to be counted.
9. Quaintness (noun)- attractively unusual or old-fashioned.
10.Repression (noun)- subdue (someone or something) by force.
11.Reverie (noun)- a state of being pleasantly lost in one’s
thoughts, daydream.
12.Expedient (Adjective) convenient and practical, although
possibly improper or immoral.
13.Prestige (noun)- widespread respect and admiration felt for
someone on the basis of a perception of their achievements or
quality.
14.Scrupulous (adjective)- diligent, thorough, and extremely
attentive to details.
15.Renounce (verb)- formally declare one’s abandonment of (a
claim, right, or possession).
16.Profoundly (adverb)- very great or intense.
17.Humility (noun) a modest or low view of one’s own importance;
humbleness.
18.Transmuted (verb)- change in form, nature, or substance.