Heart of Darkness Vocab List #2: Quiz 11/30/2023

Audacity

willingness to take bold risks; rude or disrespectful behavior

Implacable

relentless; unstoppable

Intrepidity

resolutely fearless; dauntless

Farcical

something with absurd or ridiculous aspects

Inexorable

impossible to stop or prevent

Inexplicable

incapable of being explained or interpreted

Shoal

shallow sandbank

Atrocious

extremely wicked, brutal, cruel; appalling; horrifying

Ostentation

vain; excessively showy; pretentious

Ominous

the impression that something bad or unpleasant will happen

Peroration

concluding part of speech intended to inspire enthusiasm

Altruistic

disinterested and selfless concern for the well being of others; unselfish

Harlequin

buffoon; a ludicrous figure

Privation

lack of what is needed; the state of being deprived

Crestfallen

feeling shame or humiliation; dejected

Fecund

producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertile

Obtruded

to thrust out; to force or impose without warrant or request

Tenebrous

dark; shadowy or obscure

Sarcophagus

stone coffin

Fidelity

the quality or state of being faithful