vocab english

enlighten

provide insight and knowlege

compel

to force someone

reluctant

unwilling

accustomed

used to something

furtive

trying to avoid attention

gesticulate

to use gestures to explain

fledged

covered in feathers

decorum

polite behavior

mortification

great embarassment

pallid

pale typically due to poor health

surmount

overcome a difficulty

solemn

very serious or formal

enormity

vicious or immoral act

martyr

someone who suffers for others

ebullience

enthusiastic

induce

to influence someone

ravenous

very greedy for something

dismal

gloomy

Malevolent

hated

reverence

honor

indignatnt

anger at injustice

effigy

image of a person

incantation

ritual singing

facetious

joking

covert

hidden

overt

open and clear

Apprehension

Fear something bad will happen

Brandish

Show off a weapon

Festoon

Decorate with ribbons

Rebuke

Express disapproval

Demure

Modest

Cynical

Believing people are selfish

Assimilate

Take in

Emphatic

Expressed

fervor

intense feeling

luminous

bright

deride

mock

delirious

disturbed state of mind

talisman

an object with magic powers

acrid

unpleasant smell

Ensconced

Settled in a safe space

Tacit

Understood without speaking

Vivacious

Lively

Morose

Solemn

Machination

A plot

Enmity

Hostility

Procure

To obtain

Sordid

Dirty

Malignant

Evil

Capitulate

To surrender

Skulk

To move in secret

Privy

Showing in secret knowledge

Complicit

Involved in illegal activity

Suppress

To pat down by force

procure

to obtain