Acquiesce
to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
Ardent
characterized by warmth of feeling typically expressed in eager zealous support or activity
Barrow
a cart with a shallow box body, two wheels, and shafts for pushing it
Befit
to be proper or becoming to
Betroth
to promise to marry, to give in marriage
Cauldron
a large kettle or boiler
Clamber
to climb awkwardly (as by scrambling)
Consternation
amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion
Despondent
having lost all or nearly all hope, a deep dejection arising from a conviction of the uselessness of further effort
Firewagon
The method of transportation that takes Wang Lung and his family to the South. A steam engine. "[W]agons, chained one to the other and drawn neither by man nor beast, but by a machine beathing forth fire and water like a dragon." (91)
Frugal
characterized by or reflecting economy in the use of resources
Fruition
the state of bearing fruit
Girdle
an article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist
Gourmand
who is excessively fond of eating and drinking
Haggard
having a worn or emaciated appearance
Harlot
a prostitute
Hoe
any of various implements for tilling, mixing, or raking; especially an implement with a thin flat blade on a long handle used especially for cultivating, weeding, or loosening the earth around plants
Imperturbable
marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness
Importunate
troublesomely urgent, overly persistent in request or demand
Impudent
marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard of others
Locust
a migratory grasshopper often traveling in vast swarms and stripping the areas passed of all vegetation, cicada
Malignant
evil in nature, influence, or effect
Moat
a deep and wide trench around the rampart of a fortified place (as a castle) that is usually filled with water
Obeisance
a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission, acknowledgment of another's superiority or importance
Petulant
insolent or rude in speech or behavior
Ricksha
a small covered 2-wheeled vehicle usually for one passenger that is pulled by one man
Scythe
an implement used for mowing (as grass) and composed of a long curving blade fastened at an angle to a long handle
Tarry
to delay or be tardy in acting or doing, to linger in expectation
Unctuous
fatty, oily, smooth and greasy in texture or appearance
