Here's the last set of 5 vocab words for Dracula. You may leave a comment here using the word correctly in a sentence for either extra credit or toward a blogging assignment grade.
Aquiline = hooked; shaped like an eagle's beak
"...the great nostrils of the white aquiline nose opened wide and quivered at the edge." (p. 298)
Exigency = urgency; a case or situation that demands prompt action or remedy
"...I was rejoiced to see that the exigency of affairs was helping her to forget for a time the terrible experience of the night." (p. 311)
Sinuous = having many curves, bends, or turns
"The next instant, with a sinuous dive he swept under Harker's arm..." (p. 324)
Polyglot = able to speak or writer many languages; multi-lingual
"The captain swear again, polyglot, and the thin man make him bow, and thank him..." (p. 336)
Cumbrous = burdensome; troublesome
"...I must, in my cumbrous old fashion, so that each day of us may not go unrecorded." (p. 384)
