"Cathedral" by Raymond Carver Vocabulary

What's the definition of the word bridle?

• The headgear used to control a horse, consisting of buckled straps to which a bit and reins are attached.

• A miniature bride (spouse).

• show one's resentment or anger, especially by throwing up the head and drawing in the chin.

• concise and exact use of words in writing or speech.

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Buttresses can best be defined as...

• (of a person or animal) hit (someone or something) with the head or horns.

• Support beams used to hold a cathedral ceiling up.

• a large body of troops ready for battle, especially an infantry unit forming part of a brigade typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel.

• a subdivision of an army, typically consisting of a small number of infantry battalions and/or other units and forming part of a division.

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The word conniving means...

• an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

• an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

• Conspire to do something considered immoral, illegal, or harmful.

• cooperate in a secret or unlawful way in order to deceive or gain an advantage over others.

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What is glucose?

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  1. showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles.

• the feeling of having a strong desire for the things that other people have

• habitual greed or excess in eating.

• A simple sugar, sometimes used to replenish sugar in sick patients.

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What does the word malign mean?

• speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner.

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  1. evil in nature or effect; malevolent.

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  1. a general feeling of discomfort, illness, or uneasiness whose exact cause is difficult to identify.

• Slang. insincere, meaningless, or deliberately misleading talk; nonsense.

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The word occlusion means...

• a judgment or decision reached by reasoning.

• The blockage or closing of a blood vessel or hollow organ.

• confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding).

• work jointly on an activity, especially to produce or create something.

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What is a pap smear?

• Yiddish word that refers to a spread that goes on a bagel.

• French, literally, butterfly, from Latin papilion-, papilio.

• A medical screening test used to detect possibly cancerous processes in the female reproductive system.

• a procedure that lets your health care provider check the inside of your entire colon (large intestine).

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What is a peat bog?

• a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

• (of a person or a person's mind) be astonished or overwhelmed when trying to imagine something.

• Become stuck, be unable to progress.

• Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation, with poorer drainage than a swamp.

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The word pleasantries can best be defined as...

• Remarks made in polite conversation

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  1. giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment.

• showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously.

• too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.

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Plumes are...

• A long, soft feather or arrangement of feathers on a bird or worn for ornament.

• the violent and dishonest acquisition of property.

• the number of votes cast for a candidate who receives more than any other but does not receive an absolute majority.

• a deep narrow channel or ravine with a stream running through it.

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