Riverside Reader Vocabulary

1. fantastic gesture
4. open-minded
7. sir, master
9. bold, sassy, impolite
11. a plain-woven cotton, rayon, or linen fabric
14. to form by heating
15. to produce cause, or give rise to
16. someone who is in charge of something important, usually other people or a group of people.. the lord of the rings..
19. an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion
20. a little world
21. a young woman making a debut into society
22. to cast on the ground in humility
24. poem, song, narrative

2. mischievous, naughty, playful
3. to grow together into one body, to unite to form one mass
5. cork covered with cloth, worn in tropics
6. to rule by an emperor or empress
8. a member of a group of people with an enduring cultural tradition whose French Catholic ancestors established communities
9. a word or expression that is explained
10. the power or right of governing and controlling
12. the misleading appearance or behavior assumed with intention
13. suing much energy and vigor
17. refer back, to look back upon
18. to persuade by flattery or promise
23. to make dear, esteemed or beloved