Chapter 15 Vocabulary

not having enough to live on; very poor; impoverished

• morose

• indigent

• inedible

• provincial

gradually disappearing; fading away like a vapor

• vaporize

• effervescent

• evanescent

• callous

hardened in mind or feelings

• supercillious

• provincial

• indigent

• callous

proud; scornful; looking down on others

• superfluous

• supercilious

• superficial

• supervize

to treat with extreme disrespect; defile

• usurp

• depravity

• heed

• desecrate

to pay attention to

• usurp

• desecrate

• heed

• vilify

a model of excellence or perfection

• paragon

• provincial

• supercilious

• Mrs. Marlowe

limited and narrow in outlook; unsophisticated

• callous

• propriety

• provincial

• supercilious

to seize power or position by force

• usurp

• staedfast

• callous

• supercilious

firmly and consistently loyal

• supercilious

• steadfast

• evanescent

• indigent