Stave Four Vocabulary
Listed in alphabetical order
Stave Four (Pages 54-67)
Bereft (adj.) - deprived or robbed; dispossessed
Page 60 "A pale light, rising in the outer air, fell straight upon the bed; and on it, plundered and bereft... was the body of this man..."
Inexorable (adj.) - that cannot be influenced by persuasion or entreaty
Page 65 "The inexorable finger underwent no change."
Infamous (adj.) - having a very bad reputation; notorious
Page 57 "Far in this den of infamous resort, there was a low-browed, beetling shop, below a pent-house roof..."
Intercede (vi.) - to plead or make a request in behalf of another
Page 66 " 'Good Spirit,' he pursued, as down upon the ground he fell before it: 'Your nature intercedes for me, and pities me.' "
Plunder (n.) - to take [property] by force or fraud
Page 59 " and the man in faded black, mounting the breach first, produced his plunder."
Resolutions (n.) - the act or result of resolving something
Page 57 "for he had been revolving in his mind a change of life, and thought and hoped he saw his new-born resolutions carried out in this."
Shroud (v.) - to hide from view; to cover; to screen
Page 54 "It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form..."
Page 60 "A pale light, rising in the outer air, fell straight upon the bed; and on it, plundered and bereft... was the body of this man..."
Inexorable (adj.) - that cannot be influenced by persuasion or entreaty
Page 65 "The inexorable finger underwent no change."
Infamous (adj.) - having a very bad reputation; notorious
Page 57 "Far in this den of infamous resort, there was a low-browed, beetling shop, below a pent-house roof..."
Intercede (vi.) - to plead or make a request in behalf of another
Page 66 " 'Good Spirit,' he pursued, as down upon the ground he fell before it: 'Your nature intercedes for me, and pities me.' "
Plunder (n.) - to take [property] by force or fraud
Page 59 " and the man in faded black, mounting the breach first, produced his plunder."
Resolutions (n.) - the act or result of resolving something
Page 57 "for he had been revolving in his mind a change of life, and thought and hoped he saw his new-born resolutions carried out in this."
Shroud (v.) - to hide from view; to cover; to screen
Page 54 "It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form..."