Nawal Aamir

Far from the Madding Crowd: Chapter 6-10 vocabulary

1. Abasement: To reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble;

degrade.
Each confession about Maria brought her into an attitude of abasement.
2. Intrinsic: belonging to a thing by its very nature.
The intrinsic value of gold comes from its rarity.
3. Amorous: Inclined or disposed to love, esp. sexual love.
He had been amorous of her since the day they met.
4. Ingenious: characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction.
Even though Gina had won the Nobel Prize for her ingenious experiment, she remained
humble and did not brag about it.
5. Alighted: to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc.
The horse-rider had alighted from the horse.
6. Penumbra: the partial or imperfect shadow outside the completeshadow of an opaque 
body, as a planet, where the lightfrom the source of illumination is only partly cut of.
The penumbra lands on the eclipse.
7. Thatched:a material, as straw, rushes, leaves, or thelike, used to cover roofs, grain stacks, 
etc.
The house has a thatched roof.
8. Imploring: to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat.
Imploring his Master for an ounce of compassion, the slave cowered at the feet of the
ungrateful lord. 
9. Traipse: to walk or go aimlessly or idly or without finding or reaching one’s goal.
We traipsed all over town looking for a copy of the book.
10. Vestry: a room in or a building attached to a church, in which the vestments, and
sometimes liturgical objects, are kept; sacristy.
The modern church consists of a chance, organ chamber and vestry on the north, nave,
and north aisle.