Stranger for Christmas Vocabulary
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nostalgia
• Longing for something from the past• Wanting for reflecting on past events
weary
• Worn out• Tired• Bored • weak
inadvisable
• Not wise• Not recommended
arthritis
• Pain in the joints of the body• Swelling or puffiness in the joints of limbs• Usually affects older people, but not always
exasperated
• Extreme annoyance• Anger or to be annoyed greatly• To be “fed up” with or tired of something that
is a repeated misbehavior
compassionate
• Pity for and a desire to help another
pursed
• To draw into folds (like in one’s lips)• To contract into folds or wrinkles• pucker
desolate
• Abandoned, left completely alone• Neglected or in ruins• Cheerless, gloomy• Having no comfort or companionship
indulge
• To give into one’s own or another’s desires
corresponding
• To communicate with a person by exchange of letters or messages
moistened
• Slightly wet• damp
hurriedly
• Going or working with speed• Fast• quick
inconvenient
• Difficult to do, use, or get to• Not fitting into the course of action or plan
desperate
• Being beyond or almost beyond hope• Having an urgent need
mischief
• Conduct that annoys or bothers
apprehensive
• Fearful of what may be coming
obviously
• Easily found, seen, or understand
humility
• Not bold or proud• Modest• Humble
resolutely
• Firmly determined• Resolved
satisfaction
• To make content• To meet the needs of
sieve
• strainer• tool used to separate coarse from fine matter,
for straining liquids
mononucleosis
• in infection and swelling of the lymph nodes and glands that has a sudden fever and fatigue
welfare
• A government agency providing aid to people in need, especially those unable to work
rendezvous
• a meeting arranged for a specified time and place
vaguely
• unclear or incoherent in thinking or expression
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invalid
• somebody who has been affected by a debilitating disease or medical disorder over a long period and needs care
hardy
• sturdy or strong• requiring great endurance
rivulet
• a small quick-flowing stream of something like teardrops or moving water
pneumonia
• an inflammation of one or both lungs, usually caused by infection from a bacterium or virus or, less commonly, by chemical or physical irritant
infectious
• tending to spread from one another• contaminating