Exit West Vocabulary NVHS

benevolence

(n.) kindness, generosity, charity

acquiesce

(v.) to accept without protest; to agree or submit

conciliatory

(adj.) appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile

emanate

(v.) to come forth; to send forth

countenance

(n.) a person's face or facial expression

immutable

(adj.) not subject to change, constant

innocuous

(adj.) harmless, inoffensive; insignificant

interminable

(adj.) endless, so long as to seem endless

nativist

(n.) or (adj.) a person who favors those born in his country and is opposed to immigrants

ostentatious

(adj.) marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy

idyllic

(adj.) simple and pleasant, naturally peaceful

transient

(adj.) lasting only a short time, fleeting; (n.) one who stays only a short time

turbid

(adj.) muddy, opaque, in a state of great confusion

accrue

(v.) to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result

disconcerting

(adj.) causing one to feel unsettled; upsetting, frustrating

muster

(v.) to bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to, comprise, include

impetuous

(adj.) acting or done quickly and without thought or care, impulsive

portentous

(adj.) foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty, pompous

cessation

(n.) a stopping; a discontinuance

tangential

(adj) only slightly relevant, going off topic

refugee

person who flees to another country to escape persecution or disaster

immigrant

a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there

Islamophobia

dislike of or prejudice against Islam or Muslims, especially as a political force.

xenophobia

a fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers