Sonoma State University

Vocabulary Worksheet: The Chinago

  1. coolie (151) 
  2. obfuscated ( 1 5 1 )
  3. magistrate (152) 4. clamoring (152)
  4. indenture (152)
  5. venerate (153)
  6. repose (153)
  7. complacence (153)
  8. transmute (153)
  9. addle (154)
  10. indolent (154)
  11. attested (154)
  12. inscrutable (154)
  13. prodigious (154)
  14. queue (155)
  15. impassive (155)
  16. assuage (156)
  17. maxim (156)
  18. gendarme (156)
  19. genial (157)
  1. adore; worship
  2. change form or essence
  3. long braid worn at the neck
  4. stated; sworn
  5. Chinese laborer
  6. friendly; easy going
  7. contract binding one person to work for another
  8. lazy
  9. made unclear
  10. French policeman
  11. huge
  12. an official entrusted with the adminis- tration of laws
  13. noisy; loudly insistent
  14. pacify; quiet down; make less harsh
  15. mix up; confuse
  16. peace; tranquility
  17. expressionless; without passion or feeling
  18. a proverb or saying of general truth 
  19. self-satisfaction; unconcern
  20. unreadable; mysterious