The Good Earth Vocabulary
40 vocabulary words that are located in the book The Good Earth
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- harangue
- to bother; to speak on and on
- surly
- irritably sullen in mood or manner
- adept
- proficient; expert
- opulent
- marked by wealth
- consternation
- amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion
- de facto
- being in effect though not formally recognized; usually used with government
- ardent
- firey; hot; impassioned
- obeisance
- a movement of body made as a sign of respect; a bow; homage
- deference
- respect and esteem due to a superior or elder
- guffaw
- to laugh loudly
- dogmatic
- dictorial; unwilling to change
- eke out
- to supplement, to make a supply last; to make a living by difficult and uncertain means
- fortuitous
- occurring by chance; accidental
- derision
- the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt
- imperturable
- marked by extreme calm; serene
- loath
- to despise
- self-determinism
- the act or power of deciding things for oneself
- placid
- calm or serene
- insidious
- treacherous; attractive but harmful
- stolid
- unemotional
- unctuous
- oily; full of smoothness or insincerity in speech
- hovels
- huts; small mean houses
- resonate
- to resound; to ring out
- repine
- to feel or express dejection or discontept
- acrid
- sharp and harsh; unpleasantly pungent in speech, taste, or odor caustic in speech or writing
- dubious
- doubtful; giving rise to uncertainty
- inarticulate
- not understandable, such as spoken words; incapable of giving coherent clear expression to ones ideas
- importuning
- begging; pressing; annoying with troublesome persistance
- petulant
- peevish; ill-humored
- distraught
- agitated with a doubt or mental conflict
- hindermost
- fartherest to the rear
- reprove
- to reprimand in a gentle way
- indefatigable
- capable of working a long time without tiring
- patriarchal
- having to do with a male influenced society
- pendulous
- suspended so as to swing freely