Vocab List 6

AH10

clamor

V. to demand noisily.  To shout loudly and insistently

 n. A loud, chaotic noise, usually made by a group or from multiple sources

conspiratorial

plotting or planning, revealing alliances, seeming to conspire

Relating to or suggestive of a secret plan made by a group of people to do something unlawful or harmful.

contrite

Feeling and/or showing sincere remorse or penitence

deeply sorry for wrongdoing, affected by guilt

crass

without refinement, gross, classless, vulgar, insensitive, thoughtless, lacking sensitivity, unsophisticated, crude

heathen

N A person who does not follow Abrahamic religion, especially a polytheist. 

Not adhering to major monotheistic (Abrahamic) religion 

[when used as a slur] Uncultured, uncivilized, savage, philistine

hiatus

a break, an unexpected gap or opening, a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process.

irrelevant

Not related, not important, not applicable, not pertinent, trivial, off topic, extraneous, not germane

mar

To disfigure, to impair the appearance of, to spoil, detract from, blemish, scar, deface, damage the image of, blight, tarnish, sully

mutable

Liable to change, fluctuating, inconsistent, fluid, erratic, variable, shifting, protean, unreliable, capricious, erratic, fickle, mercurial, volatile

officious

acting official or in charge in an annoying or meddlesome way.

Asserting authority in an annoyingly domineering way, especially in regard to trivial matters.

pall

A cloth spread over a corpse, coffin, hearse, or tomb; a shroud

 a dark covering, especially of smoke, dust, or similar matter

providence

God’s grace, the protective care of God or Nature as a spiritual power, divine intervention or will, especially when merciful.

snivel

to weep or cry, to whine, to sniffle

 to cry in a weak or nervous way

• A weak or whimpery noise made when crying

transitory

Temporary, fleeting, transient, brief, short-lived, not permanent, ephemeral, fugacious

whet

To sharpen [especially a tool or weapon], to put an edge onto, to hone, to focus [also can be used figuratively, as in an appetite or attention]