Vocabulary from Unit on Women's Suffrage

Arbor (n.)

a shady resting place, often made of latticework, in a garden or park.

Congenial (adj.)

agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character

Convolutions (n.)

a form or shape that is winding and complicated

Course (v.)

to run, race, or move swiftly

Derision (n.)

ridicule, criticism

Elusive (adj.)

hard to grasp; baffling; slippery happiness

Fatuity (n.)

complacent stupidity; foolishness

Felicity (n.)

happiness

Flamboyant (adj.)

marked by strikingly elaborate or colorful display

Gnarly (adj.)

knotted; misshapen

Importune (v.)

to press or beseech with urgency and persistence

Importunities (n.)

solicitations or demands

Interminable (adj.)

endless

Lurid (adj.)

shocking, gruesome

Misconstrued (adj.)

misunderstood, misinterpreted

Patent (adj.)

obvious; apparent

Recurrent (adj.)

occurring time after time

Skulk (v.)

to slink; to move in a stealthy manner; to hide in waiting

Temperament (n.)

person's characteristic mode of emotional response

Tumultuous (adj.)

stormy; riotous; agitated; loud

Undulating (adj.)

appearing to move in waves