Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy                      Vocabulary List 2

1.       Anomalous [4]– abnormal, irregular, deviating from the common rule

2.       Ballast [5] – a counterweight; anything that gives mental, moral, or political stability

3.       Inviolate [5] – free from violation, injury, desecration, or outrage

4.       Barrow [5] – a burial mound of prehistoric inhabitants of Britain

5.       Vicinal[5]  – belonging to a neighborhood or district; neighboring, adjacent

6.       Veritable [6] – genuine, real, being truly such

7.       Bisect [6] – cut into two parts

8.       Discern [6] – figure out; see, understand

9.       Lurid [6] – lighted up and shining with an unnatural or wild [esp. red or fiery] glare [often used to describe hell]

10.       Herbage [8]– leaves and stems of plants

11.    Contiguity[8] – being next to or close to each other

12.    Tacit [8]– silent; not said, but implied, understood, inferred

13.    Intercourse [8]– dealings or communications between individuals; interchange of thoughts, feelings, etc.

14.    Musingly [10] – thoughtfully [as in thinking slowly over something]

15.    Protracted[10] – long, drawn-out

16.    Dubiousness [10] – doubtfulness; lack of certainty

17.    Appertain [10] – belong [as part, member, attribute, etc.] pertain

18.    Stagnation [10]  – standing still; inactive, sluggish dull

19.    Torpor [10] – state of suspended physical power and activities; sluggish inactivity or inertia; dormancy

20.    Vale [11] – valley

English IV