A Room with a View: Chapters 4–7

by E.M. Forster
In the early 20th century, a young Englishwoman travels through Italy. Read the full text here.

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  1. restive
    impatient especially under restriction or delay
    Here and there a restriction annoyed her particularly, and she would transgress it, and perhaps be sorry that she had done so. This afternoon she was peculiarly restive. She would really like to do something of which her well-wishers disapproved.
  2. catholic
    comprehensive or broad-minded in tastes and interests
    For her taste was catholic, and she extended uncritical approval to every well-known name.
  3. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
    She spoke of the Italian character; she became almost garrulous over the incident that had made her faint five minutes before.
  4. insinuation
    an indirect (and usually malicious) implication
    She could protest sincerely against Miss Bartlett’s insinuations.
  5. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
    The view thence of Florence is most beautiful—far better than the hackneyed view of Fiesole.
  6. petulantly
    in an easily irritated or annoyed manner
    “This is too much!” cried the chaplain, striking petulantly at one of Fra Angelico’s angels.
  7. florid
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
    Under the chaplain’s guidance they selected many hideous presents and mementoes—florid little picture-frames that seemed fashioned in gilded pastry; other little frames, more severe, that stood on little easels, and were carven out of oak.
  8. effrontery
    audacious behavior that you have no right to
    I wonder—yes I wonder how he has the effrontery to look me in the face, to dare to claim acquaintance with me.
  9. indecorous
    lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct
    Phaethon at once slipped the left rein over her head, thus enabling himself to drive with his arm round her waist. She did not mind. Mr. Eager, who sat with his back to the horses, saw nothing of the indecorous proceeding, and continued his conversation with Lucy.
  10. mordant
    harshly ironic or sinister
    “I quite agree,” said Miss Lavish, who had several times tried to interrupt his mordant wit.
  11. monograph
    a detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject
    Doubtless you know her monographs in the series of ‘Mediaeval Byways’?
  12. manifestation
    an indication of the existence of some person or thing
    Was he a cause of the Renaissance, or was he one of its manifestations?
  13. promontory
    a natural elevation
    A hollow like a great amphitheatre, full of terraced steps and misty olives, now lay between them and the heights of Fiesole, and the road, still following its curve, was about to sweep on to a promontory which stood out in the plain.
  14. antecedent
    someone from whom you are descended
    Let us put it down to his deplorable antecedents and education, if you wish.
  15. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
    Lucy, when admonished, began to move to and fro between the rooms, more conscious of the discomforts of packing by candlelight than of a subtler ill.
Created on Mon Mar 22 09:56:09 EDT 2021 (updated Mon Jul 21 12:10:21 EDT 2025)

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