Vocab List #1 LIT

Ambiguous

Open to more than one interpretation; not having one clear meaning.

Atlas

A book of maps or charts.

Awed

Filled with awe or wonder.

Billows

Great wave or surge of water.

Bower

A pleasant shady place under trees or climbing plants.

Brows

the summit of a hill or pass.

Caverns

Large underground chambers.

Celestial

Relating to the sky or outer space.

Configuration

An arrangement of elements in a particular form.

Counterintuitive

Against what one would intuitively expect.

Crag

A steep or rugged cliff or rock face.

Deign

To do something considered beneath one's dignity.

Diminutive

Extremely or unusually small.

Dusky

Darkish in color; shadowy.

Feverish

Having the characteristics of a fever, often marked by intense emotion or activity.

Forthwith

Immediately; without delay.

Garish

Excessively bright and flashy; gaudy.

Glens

Narrow valleys.

High-wire

Involving a mental or emotional tightrope walk, often used to describe risky situations.

Homely

Unattractive or plain in appearance.

Hyperbolic

Exaggerated

Incipient

In an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop.

Incoherent

Expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way.

Infernal

Relating to hell; extremely troublesome or annoying.

Inferno

A large fire that is dangerously out of control.

Inimical

Hostile or harmful.

Interstice

An intervening space, especially a very small one; gap, space

Ivied

Covered with ivy plants.

Keen

Sharp or highly developed; intense.

Lamentable

Very unfortunate or regrettable.

Maim

To wound or injure someone so that part of the body is permanently damaged.

Marred

Spoiled or damaged.

Mesmerized

Hypnotized; fascinated.

Miasma

A harmful or corrupting atmosphere.

Ordeal

A painful or horrific experience.

Pervasive

Spreading widely throughout an area or group.

Precarious

Not securely held or in position; dependent on chance.

Predicament

A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation.

Premeditated

Considered beforehand; planned.

Prognathous

Having a protruding jaw.

Raffish

Vulgar or low-class; unconventional.

Recalcitrant

Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority.

Reductive

Tending to present a subject or problem in a simplified form.

Sandalled

Wearing sandals.

Slicked

Smooth and glossy, often used to describe hair.

Sombre

Dark or dull; gloomy.

Stealth

Cautious action.

Thickets

Dense growth of bushes or trees.

Transcendent

Going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing.

Trivial

Of little value or importance.

Tumult

A loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people.

Unfathomable

Incapable of being fully explored or understood.

Veil

A piece of fine material worn by women to protect or conceal the face.

Wherewith

With which; by means of which.

Whimsical

Playfully quaint or fanciful.

Wiles

Devious or cunning strategies employed to persuade or manipulate.

Wreathing

Forming into a circle or garland.

Wrought

Molded or shaped (typically of metal); created.

Zenith

The highest point reached by a celestial or other object.