Chapter III Vocabulary apparition vision; ghost – ascertain determine – asunder apart – cataracts waterfalls – caterwauling noisily crying – convivial festive – cordial warm; heartfelt – corpulent stout – credibility believability – credulity a willingness to believe on slight evidence – crescendo rise in volume – deplorably lamentably – discordant clashing; out of harmony – dissension disagreement – divergence departure – echolalia condition in which one repeats what others have said – eluded escaped – erroneous mistaking – florid ruddy – fortnight two weeks – fraternal friendly; brotherly – harlequin multicolored – homogeneity sameness; similarity – impetuously impulsively and forcefully – ineptly foolishly – innuendo reference – insolent overbearing – loitered lingered – malevolence ill will – notorious well-known – obligingly in an accommodating way – permeate spread through – poignant moving; affecting – prodigality lavishness – provincial unsophisticated – rent torn – retracted took back –
Chapter III Vocabulary apparition – vision; ghost ascertain – determine asunder – apart cataracts – waterfalls caterwauling – noisily crying convivial – festive cordial – warm; heartfelt corpulent – stout credibility – believability credulity – a willingness to believe on slight evidence crescendo – rise in volume deplorably – lamentably discordant – clashing; out of harmony dissension – disagreement divergence – departure echolalia – condition in which one repeats what others have said eluded – escaped erroneous – mistaking florid – ruddy fortnight – two weeks fraternal – friendly; brotherly harlequin – multicolored homogeneity – sameness; similarity impetuously – impulsively and forcefully ineptly – foolishly innuendo – reference insolent – overbearing loitered – lingered malevolence – ill will notorious – well-known obligingly – in an accommodating way permeate – spread through poignant – moving; affecting prodigality – lavishness provincial – unsophisticated rent – torn retracted – took back