English Finals Vocab

Inexorable

Continuing without any possibility of being stopped.

Transfixed

To cause someone or something to become motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment

Goad

provoke or annoy so as to stimulate some action or reaction

Grimace

A twisted or distorted facial expression that typically conveys pain, disgust, or disapproval

Raucous

Unpleasantly loud and harsh; wild behavior: noisy, disorderly, rowdy.

Thwart

To successfully  oppose or defeat the hopes or aspirations of someone.

Mulish

Extremely stubborn

Brevity

A short duration; brief or concise in expression.

Frivolous

Silly, light-hearted, or lacking in serious purpose; not as important

Lurid

Something that is vividly detailed and shockingly or sensational in someway.