6 T H GRADE LA

The Bridegroom vocabulary

distraughtadjective

Extremely troubled

She ran in, distraught. (pg. 64)

pliedverb

Addressed urgently and persistently

Her father and mother plied her with questions. (pg. 64)

forebodingnoun

Feeling that something bad will happen

Stricken with foreboding they pleaded, got angry, but still she was silent. (pg.64)

troikanoun

Russian sleigh or carriage drawn by three horses

She sat with her friends and a swift troika flashed by before them. (pg.64)

shudderingverb

Trembling or quivering with fear

…she was shuddering and laughing. (pg. 66)

tumultnoun

Noisy commotion

The toasting cup is passed from hand to hand in tumult…(pg. 67)

oppressesverb

To weigh down; to burden with cruel or unjust restraints

“…an evil dream oppresses me.” (pg.67)

Ikons or iconsnoun

Images of Christ, the Virgin, and saints used in the Eastern Orthodox Church

They’ve taken no notice of the ikons… (pg.68)

clamornoun

Loud noise

Shout, laughs, drunken clamor… (pg.70)

throngnoun

A great number of people or things crowded together

The whole throng rose in the silence. (pg.71)