eLearning: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Chapters 3 - 4
Vocabulary Words

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Word

adjourn

to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time

audibly

heard of capable of being heard

barrow

a cart with a shallow box body, two wheels, and shafts for pushing it

caucus

a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy

comfit

a candy consisting of a piece of fruit, a root (as licorice), a nut, or a seed coated and preserved with sugar

consultation

the act of consulting or conferring

directly

without delay

insolence

the quality or state of being insolent or showing disregard

melancholy

depression of spirits

pretext

a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs

sulky

given to spells of sulking or moodiness

usurpation

to take the place of by or as if by force

Definitions utilized from Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary based on use in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland .

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