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The document is a list of 29 words with their definitions and examples of use in sentences. It covers a range of vocabulary including adjectives describing: states like "mute" and "dubious"; emotions like "gravely" and "ruefully"; nouns like "stipend" and "apprehension"; and verbs like "reconcile" and "renounce". The words describe concepts relating to uncertainty, hardship, introspection, and humility.
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Cry, The Beloved Country 1. Mute- (Adjective) - Refraining From
The document is a list of 29 words with their definitions and examples of use in sentences. It covers a range of vocabulary including adjectives describing: states like "mute" and "dubious"; emotions like "gravely" and "ruefully"; nouns like "stipend" and "apprehension"; and verbs like "reconcile" and "renounce". The words describe concepts relating to uncertainty, hardship, introspection, and humility.
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The document is a list of 29 words with their definitions and examples of use in sentences. It covers a range of vocabulary including adjectives describing: states like "mute" and "dubious"; emotions like "gravely" and "ruefully"; nouns like "stipend" and "apprehension"; and verbs like "reconcile" and "renounce". The words describe concepts relating to uncertainty, hardship, introspection, and humility.
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1. Mute- (adjective) - refraining from speech or temporarily speechless; not
expressed in speech; characterized by an absence of sound; quiet. a. Sentence: Then she sat down at his table, and put her head on it, and was silent, with the patient suffering of black women, with the suffering of oxen, with the suffering of any that are mute. (Page 40) b. My sentence: As the pastor was praying, all in the room were mute.
2. Gravely- (adverb)- giving cause of alarm; serious
a. Sentence- Msimangu said gravely, yes she is very sick. (page 53) b. My Sentence- Amy said gravely, my mom is very ill.
3. Articulately- (adverb)- having or showing the ability to speak
fluently and coherently a. Sentence- Inarticulately he strokes her face, his heart filled with pity (page 61) b. My Sentence- I didn’t know how to articulate my feelings; they were just beyond words. 4. Reconciled- (verb)- restore friendly relations between a. Sentence- And thus reconciled, they say hand in hand (page 61) b. My Sentence- She wanted to be reconciled with her father 5. Stipend- (noun)- a fixed regular sum paid as a salary or allowance a. Sentence- To save ten pounds from the stipend of eight pounds a month takes much patience and time, especially for a parson, who must dress in good black clothes. (Page 64) b. My sentence- In addition he received a yearly stipend for supervising a national lottery. 6. Irresolute- (adjective)- showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain. a. Sentence- so getting no peace, she rose irresolute, and went to a room behind, and after some time she returned with the Bible. b. My Sentence- She stood irresolute outside his door. 7. Corrugated- (adjective)- shaped into alternate ridges and grooves a. Sentence- There is corrugated iron at the Reformatory, they use it to cover the bricks.(Page 88) b. My Sentence- the roof was made of corrugated iron. 8. Travail- (noun) a painful or laborious effort a. Sentence- God save this piece of Africa that is my own, delivered in travail from my body. (Page 90) b. My Sentence- Advice for those who wish to save great sorrow and travail. 9. Obscure-(adjective) not discovered or known, uncertain a. Sentence- He had brought the child some cheap wooden blocks, and with these the little one played endlessly and intently, with a purpose obscure to the adult mind, but completely absorbing. (Page 93) b. My Sentence- His origins and parentage are obscure. 10.Desolate- (adjective)- deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal a. Sentence- And then in one fraction of time the hills with the deep melodious names stood out waste and desolate beneath the pitiless sun, the streams ceased to run, the cattle moved thin and listless over the red and rootless earth.(Page 93) b. My Sentence- I suddenly felt desolate and bereft. 11.Muse- (verb)- be absorbed in thought a. Sentence- His voice would falter and die away, and he would fall silent and muse.(Page 93) b. My sentence- He was musing on the problems he faced.
12. Dubious (adjective)- hesitating or doubting
13. Tenaciously (adjective)- not readily letting go of, giving up,
or separated from an object that one holds, a position, or a principle
14. Ruefully (adjective)- expressing sorrow or regret, esp. when
in a slightly humorous way
15. Apprehension (noun)- anxiety or fear that something bad
or unpleasant will happen
16. Prodigal (adjective)- spending money or resources freely
and recklessly; wastefully extravagant
17. Reproachfully (adjective)- expressing disapproval or
disappointment
18. Congenial (adjective)- pleasant because of a personality,
qualities, or interests that are similar to one’s own 19. Innumerable (adjective)- too many to be counted
20. Quaintness (adjective)- attractively unusual or old-
fashioned
21. Repression (verb)-subdue (someone or something) by force
22. Reverie (noun)- a state of being pleasantly lost in one’s
thoughts; a daydream
23. Expedient (adjective)- (of an action) convenient and
practical, although possibly improper or immortal
24. Prestige (noun)- widespread respect and admiration felt for
someone or something on the basis of a perception of their achievements or quality
25. Scrupulous (adjective)- (of a person or process) diligent,
thorough, and extremely attentive to details
26. Renounce (verb)- formally declare one’s abandonment of (a
claim, right, or possession)
27. Profoundly (adjective)- (of a state, quality, or emotion) very
great or intense
28. Humility (noun)- a modest or low view of one’s own
29. Transmuted (verb)- change in form, nature, or substance