AP English Literature The Yellow Wallpaper Vocab

vocab

Felicity (n)

the state of being happy, especially in a high degree; bliss.

Congenial (adj)

agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character.

Smoulder (v)

to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion;

Lurid (adj)

gruesome; horrible; revolting

Loll (v)

to hang loosely; droop; dangle.

Bulbous (adj)

bulb-shaped; bulging

Impertinence (n)

unmannerly intrusion or presumption; insolence.

Skulk (v)

to move in a stealthy manner; slink.

Querulous (adj)

full of complaints; complaining.

Dwell (v)

to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.

Debased (adj)

lowered in quality, character, or value

Fatuity (n)

complacent stupidity; foolishness

Wallow (v)

to flounder about; move along or proceed clumsily or with difficulty.

Interminable (adj)

monotonously or annoyingly protracted or continued; unceasing; incessant.

Grotesque (adj)

odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.

Undulate (v)

to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side to-side alternation of movement

Reproachful (adj)

full of or expressing blame or censure.

Florid (adj)

reddish; ruddy; rosy; flowery; excessively ornate; showy

Convolution (n)

a rolled up or coiled condition (sinuous)

Inexplicable (adj)

incapable of being accounted for or explained