vocab life of pi 1/2

Indolence

inclination to laziness

Agnostic

• person who holds the view of that any ultimate reality is unknown

• a person who is unwilling to commit to an opion abouth something

Conspiratorial

relating to or suggestive of conspiracy

Acuity

keenness of perception, easy to see or hear and understand

Incessant

continuing of following without interruption, not stopping

lasciviousness

filled with or showing sexual desire

menagerie

• place where animals are kept and trained, especially for exhibition

• collection of wild foreign animals kept especially for exhibition

• a carried mixture

discernment

• Skill of understanding and comprehending obscure things

• act of perceiving or discerning something

depravity

• a corrupt act or practice

• state of being corrupt, evil, perverted

discordant

• being at variance - disagreeing

• relating to discord harmonies lack of agreement

atheist

• person that does not belive that in God or any gods

venerable

• calling forth respect through age, character

• impressive by reason of age

sadist

a person who take pleasure in inflicting pain, punishment, or humiliation on others

contrite

feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objective behavior, actions

amenable A

• having or showing willingness to agree or to accept something that is wanted or asked for

• readily yielding, submitting, or cooperating

lethargy N

• abnormal drowsiness

• the quality or state of being lazy, sluggish, indifferent

petulant

• characterized by impatience and grumpy annoyance

• showing or tending to show an attitude of haughty annoyance

pious

• marked by or showing reverence for a deity and devotion to divine worship

• Sacred or devotional as distinct from the profane or secular

existential

of, relating to, or affirming existence

apoplectic

• Relation to causing a stroke

• Very angry and excited

precarious

• dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments

• characterized by a lack of security or stability that threatens with danger

nemesis

• the greek goddess of retributive

• enemy

deputaion

• the act of appointing a …..

• a group of people appointed to represent others

lecherous

a give of suggestive of legacy

• showing high interest in sex

raiments

• clothing garments

cataleptic

trance like state malled by the loss of voluntary motion in witch the limbs remain in whatever position they are placed

maniacal

• affected with suggestive madness

• characterized by ungovernable excitement or frenzy

virulent

• Full of hate and anger

• Extremely or excessively harsh or strong

• Extremely dangerous and deadly, and usually spreading very quickly

elicit

• to get information or a response from someone

• to bring out something potential

elusive

• tending to evade grasp pursuit

• hard to comprehend of define

• hard to isolate or identify

amicable

characterized by friendly good will

placid

serenely free of interruption or disturbance

marauder

one who roams from place to place making attacks and raids in search of plunder (stealing valuables)