Vocabulary


 * Decorum (p110) - behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety
 * Loiter (p112) - stand or wait around idly or without apparent purpose
 * Walloped (p113) - strike or hit (someone or something) very hard
 * Flank (p134) - the side of a person's or animal's body between the ribs and the hip
 * Palled (p136) - spend time with a friend
 * Festooned (p146) - adorn (a place) with ribbons, garlands, or other decorations
 * Garlanded (p149) - adorn or crown with a garland
 * Derision (p149) - contemptuous ridicule or mockery
 * Dredged (p162) - clean out the bed of (a harbor, river, or other area of water) by scooping out mud, weeds, and rubbish with a dredge
 * Myopia (p169) - nearsightedness
 * Propitiatingly (p173) - to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate
 * Ululating/Ululation/Ululated (p191) - to utter howling sounds, as in shrill, wordless lamentation; wail
 * Elephantine (p194) - of, resembling, or characteristic of an elephant or elephants, especially in being large, clumsy, or awkward
 * Epaulettes (p200) - an ornamental shoulder piece on an item of clothing, typically on the coat or jacket of a military uniform