LOTF Final vocab

clambering

climbing awkwardly

proffer

offer; suggestion

efflorescence

blossoming; flowering

effulgence

brilliance; radiant splendor

enmity

hostility; mutual hatred

decorous

decent; correct; fitting

fulcrum

support on which a lever pivots

furtive

sly; surreptitious; underhanded

indignation

anger due to unjust treatment

bastion

projecting part of a fortification

hiatus

break; gap; pause

gesticulated

made gestures when speaking to show strong feeling

clamored

shouted noisily and insistently

ebullience

lively or enthusiastic expression

assented

thoughtfully agreed; concurred

recrimination

charges against an accuser

hayrick

haystack

tumult

commotion; riot

tirade

long, angry or violent speech

festooned

hung like decorations

tendril

spiraled stem used for attachment

pendant

something suspended; hanging

oppressive

depressing; overwhelming

inscrutable

not easily understood; mysterious

vicissitudes

natural or unexpected changes

antagonism

open hostility or opposition

indignant

angered by unjust treatment

declivities

descending slopes

tacit

unspoken; implied

susurration

murmur; whispering sound

whelming

covering or engulfing completely

blatant

obvious in an offensive manner

impalpable

incapable of being felt by touch

taboo

banned by morality or taste

swarthiness

of dark color or complexion

sinewy

strong; lean and muscular

malevolently

in a manner of vicious hatred

lamentably

mournfully; regrettably

apex

uppermost point

ludicrous

amusing or laughable; absurd

ineffectual

useless; ineffective

jeer

to mock or taunt

derisive

mocking; jeering

effigy

a crude representation of a person

inarticulate

unable to speak clearly

tremulous(ly)

trembling; quivering; shaking

diffident(ly)

shy; timid; reserved

leviathan

large sea creature

mutinously

rebelliously; unruly; turbulently

coverts

underbrush providing cover for game

crestfallen

feeling shame or humiliation

glowered

looked with annoyance or anger

daunting

discouraging; dismaying

impervious

incapable of being affected

prefect

chief officer; monitor in private school

rebuke

reprimand; criticize; reprove

demure

modest; reserved

fervor

emotional intensity; passion

demented

mad; insane

palled

lost its attraction

corpulent

obese; excessively fat

derision

contemptuous laughter; ridicule

sauntered

walked at a leisurely pace

abominable

detestable; unpleasant

assimilating

comprehending; taking in

compelled

urged or drove forcefully

luminous

emitting steady light

myopia

nearsightedness

sniveling

whining in a weak manner

propitiatingly

pacifying; appeasing

quavered

spoke in a trembling voice

truculently

savagely; aggressively

parried

warded off

talisman

object thought to have magical power

cynical(ly)

distrustful(ly) of human nature

acrid

pungent or bitter odor or taste

cordon

a line of people enclosing an area

ululating

howling; wailing

elephantine

massive; clumsy; enormous

crepitation

crackling sound

epaulettes

fringed shoulder pad on a military uniform