english p3

elation

celebration

perturbation

feeling of alarm or agitation

malicious

intentionally hurtful

reserve

self- restraint

petulance

irritability; impatience

mirth

joyfulness

divergence

variance; difference

turbulence

wild disorder

ludicrous

laughable; absurd

plaintive

expressing sadness

neurasthenic

thin and weak, as though suffering from a nervous disorder

fairways

mowed parts of a golf course. the fairway of most holes starts at the tee and ends near the green

tarrying

waiting

bloomers

baggy pants gathered at the knee, formerly worn by females for athletic activities

retinue

group of followers or servants attending a person of rank

fortuitous

fortunate

mince

prim, affected walk

precarious

uncertain

patrimonies

inheritances

fore

warning cry that a golfer gives before hitting a ball down the fair way

ingenuous

innocent; without guile

oblong

rectangular figure longer than it is broad

reverberate

reflected; echoed

precipitated

thrown headlong

sinuous

curving back and forth; snakelike

flywheel

wheel that regulates the speed of a machine

mundane

ordinary; everyday

surfeit

discomfort resulting from excess or overindulgence

denouement

final outcome

forays

raids

kinetic

coming about through action or energy

incorrigible

incapable of correction or reform

sullied

tainted, soiled

priggish

annoyingly precise and proper

consumptive

destructive; wasteful

pugilistic

eager to fight

profane

curse

somnolent

sleepy

convention

accepted practices of social behavior

parable

short story that teaches a moral

dispositions

natures; characters

allegiance

loyalty

caliber

quality or ability

wantonly

carelessly, often with ill will

transition

passage from one condition, form, or stage to another

scrupled

hesitated because of feelings of guilt

appease

satisfy; pacify

avaricious

greedy

atrocious

evil very bad

sordid

dirty; cheap; shameful

renounce

give up; reject

vacated

made void

conjectured

inferred, predicted from incomplete evidence

scientific method

research method in which a theory is tested by careful, documented experiments

postulate

assumption

quadrupeds

four- footed animals

larder

supply of food or place where food supplies are kept

anaconda

long, heavy snake that crushes its prey

chicane

clever deception; trickery

harbors

clings to; nourishes

harems

groups of females who mate and live with one male

concubines

secondary wives

zealot

overly enthusiastic person; fanatic

heretics

people who hold beliefs opposed to those of the church

atrocity

shockingly cruel and inhuman act

disembodied

separated from the body

labyrinth

place full of complex passageways; maze

communal

belonging to an entire group

eulogy

public speech of praise

noncommittal

neutral; giving no clear indication of feeling or attitude

florid

showy

ultimatum

last offer; final proposition

vengeful

intent on revenge

reconcile

make peace

disclaimer

refusal to accept responsibility; denial

sybil

in ancient Greece and Rome, a woman who foretold the future

remitted

canceled; refrained from enforcing payment

archaic

old- fashioned

vindicated

proved correct

pauper

extremely poor person

circumvent

avoid by cleverness or deceit

virulent

full of hate; venomous

tranquil

calm; quiet

perverse

odd; contrary

acrid

bitter; irritating

inextricable

unable to be freed or disentangled from

cupolas

small, dome- shaped structures built on a roof

perpetuity

eternity

temerity

foolish boldness; rashness

craned

stretched

jalousies

windows, shades, or doors made of overlapping, adjustable slats

sibilant

hissing

bier

coffin and its supporting platform

macabre

focused on the gruesome; horrible

cuckolded

betrayed; usually used to describe a husband whose wife has been unfaithful

gaudy

showy but lacking in good taste

vulnerability

capability of being hurt

eradicated

wiped out; destroyed

overt

done or shown openly; plainly apparent.

advocates

one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal