This document defines 10 vocabulary words from the novel "The Bridegroom" including: distraught, meaning extremely troubled; pled, meaning addressed urgently and persistently; foreboding, meaning a feeling that something bad will happen; troika, meaning a Russian sleigh or carriage drawn by three horses; shuddering, meaning trembling or quivering with fear; tumult, meaning noisy commotion; oppresses, meaning to weigh down or burden with cruel or unjust restraints; ikons or icons, meaning images of Christ, the Virgin, and saints used in the Eastern Orthodox Church; clamor, meaning loud noise; and throng, meaning a great number of people or things crowded together. Each word