The Pearl Vocabulary

poor; needy.

• lethargy

• suppliant

• indigent

• precipitated

a person making a humble plea to someone in power or authority.

• germane

• edifice

• undulate

• suppliant

having little or no solidity, reality, or factual basis.

• unsubstantial

• consecrated

• lament

• contemptuous

move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion (wave)

• lament

• undulate

• precipitated

• sentinel

cause (an event or situation, typically one that is bad or undesirable) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely.

• contemptuous

• suppliant

• indigent

• precipitated

having been made or declared sacred

• undulate

• unsubstantial

• consecrated

• edifice

showing contempt; scornful.

• contemptuous

• lethargy

• indigent

• germane

a lack of energy and enthusiasm

• germane

• sentinel

• lethargy

• lament

a building, especially a large, imposing one.

• edifice

• precipitated

• contemptuos

• consecrated

a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.

• suppliant

• lament

• unsubstantial

• germane