Carnie - Week 11 Vocab

admonish

to warn; rebuke

anomaly

irregularity, abnormality

feral

wild, savage

hirsute

hairy, shaggy

ignominious

humiliating, disgraceful

implacable

relentless, unappeasable

incommode

to disturb, trouble

incredulous

skeptical, disinclined to believe

invective

abuse, insulting

onerous

burdensome, troublesome

paroxysm

a spasm, sudden outburst

propitious

favorable, benevolent

ruminate

to meditate, muse, ponder

tribulation

suffering, hardship, trial

voluble

talkative, wordy

a pretty kettle of fish

a mess, troubles

the acid test

a severe test

a blind alley

a direction that leads to nowhere

to twist around one’s finger

to control completely

dia-

between, through

equa, equi

equal

mem

remember

-ible

able