Childhood Glossary

by Leo Tolstoy

Childhood Glossary

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Dumbfounded

Greatly astonished

Compunction

Uneasiness, misgivings

Antagonistic

Resistant, opposed

Incredulous

Questioning, suspicious

Perusing

Inspecting, scrutinizing

Precipitation

Haste, rush

Eschewed

Renounced, refrained from

Paroxysm

Eruption, outbreak

Vexed

Unresolved, disputed

Quivering

Trembling

Congregation

Believers, followers

Premptory

Arrogant, arbitrary

Disconsolate

Depressed, doleful

Maunders

Rambled, drifts

Dogmatic

Assertive, emphatic

Exhortation

Admonishment, urging

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