clay english vocab

cataclysm

disaster; great upheaval causing sudden, violent changes

commiserate

show or express sympathy

embody

to give shape or to visibly represent

equanimity

calmness, composure

fortitude

strength of mind; courage

ingenuity

cleverness; skill

pandemonium

a wild uproar or noise, wildly noisy, chaotic scene

presentiments

forebodings; feelings that something bad is going to happen

putrescent

rotting

resignation

passive acceptance of something; submission

seismographs

instruments that measure and record earthquakes and other tremors

stratagem

a clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage

stupor

a state of mental numbness, as from shock

telluric

of or from the earth

tenacity

the quality of holding persistently to something, firm determination

visceral

intuitive or emotional rather than intellectual; a gut feeling