6 sixth week Vocab

Androcentric (adj)

• 1: dominated by or emphasizing masculine interests or a masculine point of view

• 2: relating to or characterized by an emphasis on male interests

coquettish (adj)

behaving in a flirtatious way

destitute(adj)

• 1 a: lacking possessions and resources; especially : suffering extreme poverty

• b: extremely poor

• 2: devoid of something specified or understood

Divest (verb)

• 1: to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title : DEPRIVE

• 2: to undress or strip especially of clothing, ornament, or equipment

• 3: to rid, free

Dote (verb)

• 1: to be extravagant or excessive in one's attention, fondness, or affection —usually used with on

• 2: to exhibit mental decline

elegiac(Adj)

• 1: of or relating to elegy; especially : expressing sorrow often for something now past

• 2: resembling or characteristic of an elegy; especially : mournful, melancholy

effeminate(adj)

• having or showing qualities or characteristics more often associated with women than men : characterized by delicate beauty : SOFT

• also : not having manly vigor or spirit : WEAK

grappled(Verb)

• 1 a: to seize another in a firm grip : WRESTLE

• b: to struggle in close combat

• 2 a: to come to grips with : CONTEND

• b: to try to overcome or deal with

gander(noun)

• 1: a male goose

• 2: a look or glance

indelible(adj)

• that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased

• lasting

indolent(Adj)

• 1: causing little or no pain

• 2: averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy

ineffectual(adj)

• not producing the desired effect : vain

lugubrious(Adj)

mournful; especially : exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful

lurid(adj)

• 1: causing horror or revulsion : gruesome

• 2: wan and ghastly pale in appearance

• 3: having the glow of fire seen through smoke or cloud

• 4: marked by sensationalism, violence, or lack of restraint

morbid(adj)

• 1 a: relating to, or characteristic of disease

• b: producing disease : pathogenic

• 2 a: characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease ¹  

• b: gloomily somber, grave, or dismal

nebulous(adj)

• 1: of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : cloudy

• 2: indistinct, vague

pinioned(Adj)

• 1: to restrain by binding the arms

• 2: to disable or restrain

surly(adj)

irritably sullen in mood or manner : crabbed

vivacity(noun)

the quality of being lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : ebullience

warily(Adj)

in a wary manner : cautiously