1. mishap
n.
“No mishap overtook them; if they had stayed too late in the forest, and night came on, they laid themselves down near one another upon the moss, and slept until morning came, and their mother knew this and did not worry on their account.”
From the context we can find out that both Snow-White and Rose-Red were safe in the forest, no accidents happened to them. So mishap must mean accident.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: accident
2. precipice
n.
“And when they looked around they found that they had been sleeping quite close to a precipice, and would certainly have fallen into it in the darkness if they had gone only a few paces further.”
From the context we can find out that if they moved a little bit they may fall down from a very high place. That indicated that place must be an object like mountain. So precipice must mean mountain.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: mountain
3. clumsy
adj.
“It was not long before they grew quite at home, and played tricks with their clumsy guest.”
From the context we can find out that it was a bear in their house, and the bear was very dirty and untidy. According to that, clumsy must mean dirty and awkward.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: awkward
4. hearth
n.
“’You can lie there by the hearth, and then you will be safe from the cold and the bad weather.’”
From the context we can find out that the bear was afraid of the coldness and bad weather, and to avoid that in a house, they must use a fireplace or other appliances like that. Therefore, hearth must means fireplace.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: fireplace
5. henceforth
adv.
“Henceforth the bear came every evening at the same time, laid himself down by the hearth, and let the children amuse themselves with him as much as they liked; and they got so used to him that the doors were never fastened until their black friend had arrived.”
From the context we can find out that the bear came to their house every day since they accept him as a friend. So we can tell that henceforth must mean from now on.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: from now on
6. crevice
n.
“The end of the beard was caught a crevice of the tree, and the little fellow was jumping about like a dog tied to a tope, and did not know what to do.”
From the context we can find out that the little man was trying to hide himself from Snow-White and Rose-Red. And a good place to hide himself was a hole in the forest. Therefore, the crevice of the tree must be the hole or crack of the tree.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: crack
7. coarse
adj.
“The little bit of food that we people get is immediately burnt up with heavy logs; we do not swallow so much as you coarse, greedy folk.”
From the context we can find out that dwarves ate little food and swallow was a very rude action. Further more, the speaker also used greedy to modified people. Therefore, coarse must mean greedy or rude.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: rude
8. odious
adj.
“’How odious you are!’”
From the context we can find out that the dwarf thought that the two girls abused him, so he though that they are odious, or horrible person.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: horrible
9. feeble
adj.
“The little man had been sitting there fishing, and unluckily the wind had tangled up his beard with the fishing-line; a moment later a big fish made a bite and the feeble creature had not strength to pull it out; the fish kept the upper hand and pulled the dwarf towards him.”
From the context we can find out that the dwarf was very weak and he could not catch the fish well, so it’s very clear that feeble means useless, weak, or ineffective.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: ineffective
10. toadstool
n.
“’Is that civil, you toadstool, to disfigure a man’s face?’”
We cannot use context to understand this words since it’s a professional words.
No synonyms from the Thesaurus
11. hovering
v.
“There they noticed a large bird hovering in the air, flying slowly round and round above them; it sank lower and lower, and at last settled near a rock not far away.”
From the context we can find out that the bird was in the air and birds can fly. Therefore, we can know that hovering means fly.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: hang
n.
“No mishap overtook them; if they had stayed too late in the forest, and night came on, they laid themselves down near one another upon the moss, and slept until morning came, and their mother knew this and did not worry on their account.”
From the context we can find out that both Snow-White and Rose-Red were safe in the forest, no accidents happened to them. So mishap must mean accident.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: accident
2. precipice
n.
“And when they looked around they found that they had been sleeping quite close to a precipice, and would certainly have fallen into it in the darkness if they had gone only a few paces further.”
From the context we can find out that if they moved a little bit they may fall down from a very high place. That indicated that place must be an object like mountain. So precipice must mean mountain.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: mountain
3. clumsy
adj.
“It was not long before they grew quite at home, and played tricks with their clumsy guest.”
From the context we can find out that it was a bear in their house, and the bear was very dirty and untidy. According to that, clumsy must mean dirty and awkward.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: awkward
4. hearth
n.
“’You can lie there by the hearth, and then you will be safe from the cold and the bad weather.’”
From the context we can find out that the bear was afraid of the coldness and bad weather, and to avoid that in a house, they must use a fireplace or other appliances like that. Therefore, hearth must means fireplace.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: fireplace
5. henceforth
adv.
“Henceforth the bear came every evening at the same time, laid himself down by the hearth, and let the children amuse themselves with him as much as they liked; and they got so used to him that the doors were never fastened until their black friend had arrived.”
From the context we can find out that the bear came to their house every day since they accept him as a friend. So we can tell that henceforth must mean from now on.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: from now on
6. crevice
n.
“The end of the beard was caught a crevice of the tree, and the little fellow was jumping about like a dog tied to a tope, and did not know what to do.”
From the context we can find out that the little man was trying to hide himself from Snow-White and Rose-Red. And a good place to hide himself was a hole in the forest. Therefore, the crevice of the tree must be the hole or crack of the tree.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: crack
7. coarse
adj.
“The little bit of food that we people get is immediately burnt up with heavy logs; we do not swallow so much as you coarse, greedy folk.”
From the context we can find out that dwarves ate little food and swallow was a very rude action. Further more, the speaker also used greedy to modified people. Therefore, coarse must mean greedy or rude.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: rude
8. odious
adj.
“’How odious you are!’”
From the context we can find out that the dwarf thought that the two girls abused him, so he though that they are odious, or horrible person.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: horrible
9. feeble
adj.
“The little man had been sitting there fishing, and unluckily the wind had tangled up his beard with the fishing-line; a moment later a big fish made a bite and the feeble creature had not strength to pull it out; the fish kept the upper hand and pulled the dwarf towards him.”
From the context we can find out that the dwarf was very weak and he could not catch the fish well, so it’s very clear that feeble means useless, weak, or ineffective.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: ineffective
10. toadstool
n.
“’Is that civil, you toadstool, to disfigure a man’s face?’”
We cannot use context to understand this words since it’s a professional words.
No synonyms from the Thesaurus
11. hovering
v.
“There they noticed a large bird hovering in the air, flying slowly round and round above them; it sank lower and lower, and at last settled near a rock not far away.”
From the context we can find out that the bird was in the air and birds can fly. Therefore, we can know that hovering means fly.
Synonyms from the Thesaurus: hang
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