Week 6_VOCABULARY WORDS_THE TURN OF THE SCREW

Portentuous

• to live in seclusion

• foreshadowing; threatening

• a brillance

• a lazy servant

Palpable

• visible; perceivable

• certain that something bad is about to happen

• mournful; sad

• happy

Precocity

• aware of one's surroundings

• brilliance; maturity

• very large

• reserved

Stupefaction

• in quarantine or isolation

• ominous

• bewilderment; perplexity

• amazed

obtrusion

• maintain protocol

• an imposition

• certain of the directions

• managing a large garden

Propriety

• unprincipled

• a paid position in a large household

• etiquette; correctness

• a stiff upper lip

Prodigious

• a menial task

• someone who thinks they are always right

• gigantic; immense

• a method of restraint

Reticence

• a servant's uniform

• aware of imminent danger

• reluctance; reservation

• sure of the answer on a test

Remonstrance

• disapproval; objection

• formal complaints

• a type of contract between an employer and a domestic worker

• a stern rebuke

Reprobation

• protesting a lawful gathering

• accusation; condemnation

• an legal agreement between two parties

• the act of probating a Will