2025/1 2nd year ELA: Dom Casmurro - Midterm Exam

taciturn

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

morose

having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable

devout

having or showing deep religious feeling or commitment

ardor

intense and passionate feeling

incongruities

things or ideas that are not in agreement with each other or are not compatible

verisimilitude

the quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, or probable

to gnaw

bite or chew on with the teeth

to snag

catch or obtain.

lugubrious

looking or sounding sad and dismal

minute [adj]

with careful attention to detail

frivolous

of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously

erudite

scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

to extol

to praise highly and extravagantly

languidly

lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow

to chisel

cut or shape (something) with a tool

to belie

to give a false impression of

blemish

an imperfection, flaw

sacrilegious

grossly disrespectful of what is sacred or religious

to fathom

to understand, comprehend

to beseech

to beg, plead, implore