Chopin London Vocab Quiz

Abandonment

A yielding to natural impulses; freedom from self-control or restraint

Vacant

Empty

Illumination

Intellectual or spiritual enlightenment

Afflicted

Having caused pain or suffering to; affected or troubled.

Repression

The restraint, prevention, or inhibition of a feeling, quality, etc.

Importunity

A determined request

Implore

To plead

Unwittingly

Without being aware; unintentionally

Undulation

Wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves

Frailty

Moral weakness; the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)

Conjecture

Reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence

Pang

A sudden sharp feeling; a sharp spasm of pain

Imperative

Requiring attention or action; some duty that is essential and urgent

Willy-nilly

Without having a choice; in a random manner

Conflagration

A very intense fire

Flotsam

The floating wreckage of a ship; sometimes any floating debris

Jetsam

The part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm; the floating wreckage of a ship; sometimes any floating debris

Wistful

Showing thoughtful sadness

Thresh

Give a thrashing to; beat hard

Sidle

move sideways; move without attracting attention or secretively

Peremptorily

in an imperative and commanding manner