English - The Time Machine Chap. 8-9 Vocab.

this class sucks

corrode

destroy gradually

estuary

the tidal mouth of a large river

stave off

delay something bad

deaden

make less intense

spectacle

a visually striking display

gallery

a place for the display of art

transversely

extend across d

deliquesce

become liquid

ruinous

dilapidated

shrivelled

wrinkled

desiccated

dried out

animated

lively

apprehension

anxiety that something will go bad

pattering

repeated light tapping sound

mace

heavy club

slake

satisfy

chapel

small building for Christian worship

semblance

appearance

warped

twisted out of shape

moralize

comment on issues of right or wrong

keenest

highly developed

sombre

gloomy

testified

give evidence

optics

study of sight and the behavior of light

cancan

a 19th centry parisian dance

solemnly

dignified manner

immemorial

very old

camphor

a volatile crystalline substance

heremetically

completely airtight

sepia

a reddish-brownish color

steatite

the mineral talc in consolidated form

incontinent

uncontrolled

calamity

a disaster

feverish

frenetic excitement

insidious

proceeding gradually, slowly, but with harmful effects

contrive

bring about skillfully

flourish

wave around for attention

smoulder

burn slowly with smoke but without flame

decadence

moral or cultural decline

convulsively

sudden uncontrollable movements

economize

spend less

exertion

physical or mental effort

exultation

rejoicing

credulous

gullible

incessant

ceaseless

agape

open mouth in surprise or wonder

hillock or tummules

mound

surmounted

overcome

hawthorn

a thorny shrub