“Being A Man” by Paul Theroux Vocab

Felishists

A person whose sexual desire is linked to a particular object/activity or part of the body.

Commonest Most Frequently Found Fetish

Intense sexual arousal from non-living objects.

Connives

Secretly allow something that's considered bad, illegal, & wrong to occur.

Nuisance

A person, thing, or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance.

Affliction

Something that causes pain.

Coquettishness

The behavior of being playfully flirtatious.

Enjoined

Ordered, commanded or strongly urged to do something.

Indispensable

Something necessary.

Latent

Something existing but hidden.

Lotus

Type of flower.

Puritanical

Extremely strict moral or religious beliefs.

Neurotic

A personality trait characterized by a high tendency toward negative emotions; a person affected with neurosis.

Philistine

A person who's indifferent to culture & the arts; a person who has not understood them.

Incompatible

Not able to be brought together in harmony.

Aberrant

Not conforming to a usual standard.

Pugnacity

Readiness to fight, quarrel or argue.

Prevailing

Existing at a particular time.

Roistered

Enjoy oneself / celebrate in a noisy way.

Appalling

Causing shock in a horrific way.

Primitive

Relating to the earliest period.

Grievance

An unfair cause for complaint & protest.

Literariness

The quality of being literary.