The Lady, or the Tiger? VOCABULARY exuberant He was a man of

The Lady, or the Tiger?
VOCABULARY
The word goes on ONE side of the flashcard, and on the other side, put the
definition and an ORIGINAL sentence with enough context that someone
could take a reasonable guess of the definition.
Wo r d
Co nt e xt C l ue s ( dir ect ly fro m th e sto ry )
M ea ning
exuberant
He was a man of exuberant fancy… (describing
king)
abundant, plentiful
genial
…his nature was bland and
genial… (describing king)
pleasant, friendly
valor
…exhibitions of man and
beastly valor…
heroic courage, bravery
impartial
…by the decrees of an impartial and
incorruptible chance
fair, not biased
emanate
…its purpose emanated solely from the brain of
this man…
originate, come from/out
procure
…the fiercest and most cruel that could be
procured… (tiger)
to get, obtain
The moment that the case of the criminal was
decided, doleful iron bells were clanged,….
gloomy, sad
merit
…that one so young and fair, or so old and
respected, should have merited so dire a fate.
deserve, earn
subordinate
…the king allowed no such subordinate
arrangements
secondary, less important,
of lower status
solemnize
…and the wedding was promptly and cheerily
solemnized.
perform or commemorate
(a ceremony)
imperious
…and with a soul as fervent and imperious as his
own.
domineering, overbearing
ardor
…she loved him with an ardor that had enough
barbarism in it…
great passion,
intense devotion
…and the king would take an aesthetic pleasure
in watching the course of events…
From far and near the people gathered, and
thronged the great galleries
of the arena…
…but her intense and fervid soul would not
allow her to be absent on an occasion in which
she…
…should he be proved innocent of the crime of
aspiring to one so far above him…
pleasing to the senses,
a sense of beauty
doleful
aesthetic
throng
fervid
aspire
crowd into, fill with people
burning, intensely hot
desire, seek
devious
…the human heart which leads us through
devious mazes of passion…
shifty, tricky, indirect
gnash
How in her grievous reveries had she gnashed
her teeth…
grind (teeth)
rapturous
…when she saw his start of rapturous delight…
full of joy/happiness,
ecstatic
anguish
…after days and nights of anguished
deliberation.
intense mental or physical
pain