Untitled Flashcards Set

clambering

climbing awkwardly

proffer

offer; suggestion

efflorescence

blossoming; flowering

effulgence

brilliance; radiant splendor

enmity

hostility; mutual hatred

decorous

decent; correct; fitting

fulcrum

support on which a lever pivots

furtive

sly; surreptitious; underhanded

indignation

anger due to unjust treatment

bastion

projecting part of a fortification

hiatus

break; gap; pause

gesticulated

made gestures when speaking to show strong feeling

clamored

shouted noisily and insistently

ebullience

lively or enthusiastic expression

assented

thoughtfully agreed; concurred

recrimination

charges against an accuser

hayrick

haystack

tumult

commotion; riot

tirade

long, angry or violent speech

festooned

hung like decorations

tendril

spiraled stem used for attachment

pendant

something suspended; hanging

oppressive

depressing; overwhelming

inscrutable

not easily understood; mysterious

vicissitudes

natural or unexpected changes

antagonism

open hostility or opposition

indignant

angered by unjust treatment

declivities

descending slopes

tacit

unspoken; implied

susurration

murmur; whispering sound