The Princess and the Goblin

Where: The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald , http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=macdonald&book=goblin&story=why


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1. nursery

Context: The ceiling of her nursery was blue, with stars in it, as like the sky as they could make it.

Definition: a place where young children are taken care of during the day while their parents are at work.

2. pit

Context: there, great deep pits, with long galleries and passages running off from them,

Definition: a hole in the ground, especially one made by digging
The female digs a pit in which to lay the eggs.

3. subterranean, caverns

Context: Now in these subterranean caverns lived a strange race of beings, called by some gnomes, by some kobolds, by some goblins.

Definition: beneath the surface of the Earth
Definition: a large cave

4. hideous

Context: They were now, not ordinarily ugly, but either absolutely hideous, or ludicrously grotesque both in face and form.

Definition: extremely unpleasant or ugly
a hideous dress

5. affection

Context: They had enough of affection left for each other to preserve them from being absolutely cruel for cruelty's sake to those that came in their way.

Definition: a feeling of liking or love and caring
Bart had a deep affection for the old man.

6. cherish

Context: but still they so heartily cherished the ancestral grudge against those who occupied their former possessions ...

Definition: if you cherish something, it is very important to you

7. mischief

Context: But as they grew in cunning, they grew in mischief,....

Definition: bad behaviour, especially by children, that causes trouble or damage, but no serious harm.

8. annoy

Context: their great delight was in every way they could think of to annoy the people who lived in the open-air storey above them.

Definition: to make someone feel slightly angry and unhappy about something

9. evident

Context: It will now be pretty evident why the little princess had never seen the sky at night.

Definition: easy to see, notice, or understand