Transcript Vocabulary

sepia
• a brownish tint
brandishing
• to wave dangerously
haberdasheries
• shops selling men’s clothes
tenements
• rundown, low-rental
apartment buildings
tentatively
• not definite or positive
indignation
• anger brought about by
something mean or unfair
assault
• a violent physical attack
convictions
• beliefs
sidle
• walk towards or away from
someone, trying not to be
noticed
satchel
• a rectangular leather bag
urchins
• small children who are dirty
or untidily dressed
homesteader
• someone who goes to live and
grow crops on land given by
the government
dubious
• doubtful, not trusting
tarried
• to stay somewhere for
longer than expected; a
delay in leaving
diphtheria
• a serious infectious disease
that causes fever and
difficulty in breathing and
swallowing