Stave Two Vocabulary
Listed in alphabetical order
Stave Two Pages (19-33)
Agitation (vt.) - to stir up or shake up
Page 29 "He corroborated everything, remembered everything, enjoyed everything, and underwent the strangest agitation"
Avarice (n.) - excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain; greed
Page 30 "His face had not the harsh rigid lines of later years; but it had begun to wear the signs of care and avarice."
Benevolence (n.) - an inclination to do good; kindness
Page 26 " he rubbed his hands; adjusted his capacious waistcoat; laughed all over himself, from his shoes to his organ of benevolence"
Fluctuate (vi.) - to be continually varying in an irregular way
Page 21 "... the figure itself fluctuated in its distinctness: being now a thing with one arm, now with one leg, now with twenty legs..."
Reclamation (n.) - to bring back [a person] from error, vice, etc.
Page 22 " 'Your reclamation, then. Take heed!' It put out its strong hand as it spoke, and clasped him gently by the arm."
Page 29 "He corroborated everything, remembered everything, enjoyed everything, and underwent the strangest agitation"
Avarice (n.) - excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain; greed
Page 30 "His face had not the harsh rigid lines of later years; but it had begun to wear the signs of care and avarice."
Benevolence (n.) - an inclination to do good; kindness
Page 26 " he rubbed his hands; adjusted his capacious waistcoat; laughed all over himself, from his shoes to his organ of benevolence"
Fluctuate (vi.) - to be continually varying in an irregular way
Page 21 "... the figure itself fluctuated in its distinctness: being now a thing with one arm, now with one leg, now with twenty legs..."
Reclamation (n.) - to bring back [a person] from error, vice, etc.
Page 22 " 'Your reclamation, then. Take heed!' It put out its strong hand as it spoke, and clasped him gently by the arm."