Stranger for ChristmasVocabulary

nostalgia

• Longing for something from the past• Wanting for reflecting on past events

weary

• Worn out• Tired• Bored • weak

inadvisable

• Not wise• Not recommended

arthritis

• Pain in the joints of the body• Swelling or puffiness in the joints of limbs• Usually affects older people, but not always

exasperated

• Extreme annoyance• Anger or to be annoyed greatly• To be “fed up” with or tired of something that

is a repeated misbehavior

compassionate

• Pity for and a desire to help another

pursed

• To draw into folds (like in one’s lips)• To contract into folds or wrinkles• pucker

desolate

• Abandoned, left completely alone• Neglected or in ruins• Cheerless, gloomy• Having no comfort or companionship

indulge

• To give into one’s own or another’s desires

corresponding

• To communicate with a person by exchange of letters or messages

moistened

• Slightly wet• damp

hurriedly

• Going or working with speed• Fast• quick

inconvenient

• Difficult to do, use, or get to• Not fitting into the course of action or plan

desperate

• Being beyond or almost beyond hope• Having an urgent need

mischief

• Conduct that annoys or bothers

apprehensive

• Fearful of what may be coming

obviously

• Easily found, seen, or understand

humility

• Not bold or proud• Modest• Humble

resolutely

• Firmly determined• Resolved

satisfaction

• To make content• To meet the needs of

sieve

• strainer• tool used to separate coarse from fine matter,

for straining liquids

mononucleosis

• in infection and swelling of the lymph nodes and glands that has a sudden fever and fatigue

welfare

• A government agency providing aid to people in need, especially those unable to work

rendezvous

• a meeting arranged for a specified time and place

vaguely

• unclear or incoherent in thinking or expression

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invalid

• somebody who has been affected by a debilitating disease or medical disorder over a long period and needs care

hardy

• sturdy or strong• requiring great endurance

rivulet

• a small quick-flowing stream of something like teardrops or moving water

pneumonia

• an inflammation of one or both lungs, usually caused by infection from a bacterium or virus or, less commonly, by chemical or physical irritant

infectious

• tending to spread from one another• contaminating