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Vocab 2
beguile v To trick or to fool with charm. Albert was beguiled by the young woman's beauty, and before he knew it he had lent her his car and credit card. Poor Albert!
enmity n Hatred, especially as one enemy for another. The enmity that the Hatfields felt for the McCoys was such that their hatred escalated into one of the most famous feuds of the century.
glean
v To
pick over carefully, to pick up minute particles with great diligence. After
I got through gleaning the field for leftover corn during the day, I had to go
to the library and glean as much information as I could from it about ancient
Mesopotamia.
iniquity n Great wickedness. Hitler will go down in history as a man who perpetrated great iniquity against his own people.
manifold adj Many
and various, of great variety. Jelly-Belly jelly beans come in manifold
colors and flavors, and you'd probably get sick long before you'd tried them
all.
raiment n Clothing or garments, especially formal clothing. Clad in her finest raiment, Ruth went in to Boaz to see if he would do the duty of a kinsman to her.
shroud
n 1)
A cloth used to wrap a body for burial. We wrapped Aunt Matilda in a simple
shroud and laid her in the tomb. 2) Anything like a burial cloth.
sojourn n/v 1) A temporary stay, longer than a mere visit. After her long sojourn in a foreign country, Naomi, widowed, made her way home in sadness to Bethlehem. 2) To stay for a time. I cannot go back to my homeland, as it is troubled by war; perhaps I can sojourn here until there is peace.
suffice v To be sufficient, to fill a need. I don't think one pamphlet is enough reading material to bring on vacation, but five paperbacks should suffice.
tarry
v To
wait a bit, to delay. I always get annoyed when my parents' guests say good
night, and then they all tarry at the door, talking for another half hour before
leaving.