Heart of Darkness Vocab List #2: Quiz 11/30/2023

Audacity

willingness to take bold risks; rude or disrespectful behavior

Ostentation

vain; excessively showy; pretentious

Ominous

the impression that something bad or unpleasant will happen

Implacable

relentless; unstoppable

Intrepidity

resolutely fearless; dauntless

Farcical

something with absurd or ridiculous aspects

Inexorable

impossible to stop or prevent

Inexplicable

incapable of being explained or interpreted

Shoal

shallow sandbank

Atrocious

extremely wicked, brutal, cruel; appalling; horrifying

Peroration

concluding part of speech intended to inspire enthusiasm

Altruistic

disinterested and selfless concern for the well being of others; unselfish

Harlequin

buffoon; a ludicrous figure

Privation

lack of what is needed; the state of being deprived

Crestfallen

feeling shame or humiliation; dejected

Fecund

producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertile

Obtruded

to thrust out; to force or impose without warrant or request

Tenebrous

dark; shadowy or obscure

Sarcophagus

stone coffin

Fidelity

the quality or state of being faithful