The Railway Children
Chapter#1
Vocabulary
1. Suburban
Dull, boring
2. Convenience
The state of being
able to proceed with
something without
difficulty
3. Gruel
A thin liquid food of
oatmeal
4. Afflicted
Trouble, burden
6. Fetched
Get, go for
5. Veterinary
Relating to treatment
of farm and domestic
animals
7. Solder
A low melting Alloy
9. Moats
11. Testimonials
A deep, wide ditch
surrounding a castle,
filled with water as a
defence against
attack
A formal statement
testifying to someone
character and
qualifications
8. Brazing
Form , fix or joining
by soldering with
alloy of metal with
heat
10. Subscription
An arrangement to
receive something
12. Queer
Strange, odd
An event causing
disaster or sudden
damage
13. Lingered
Stay, remain
14. Calamity
15. Lumpish
Roughly , clumsily
formed
16. Triumphantly
Joy at victory or
achievement