Marple Vocab Cumulative

Mottled

spots or smears of color

Recumbent

lying down, horizontal

Bindle

a bag or sack

Dabble

immerse partially in water; take part in an activity in a casual way

Morosely

gloomily or sullenly, ill-humored

Periscope

telescope like the ones on a submarine

Lumber

to move slowly and awkwardly

Elaborate

complex, complicate, intricate; expand upon or explain something

Pantomine

express or represent (something) by extravagant and exaggerated mime

Imperiously

imperios manner, arrogantly

Quiver

shake with fear

Dejectedly

depressed in spirits, miserably

Anguished

emotional pain/suffering

Craftily

deviousness, cunning, artfully, sly

Yammer

make a loud and repetitive noise

Mollify

calm down, decrease anger

Pugnacious

eager or quick to fight

Ominous

giving the impressions that something bad is going to happen, menacing

Slough

kick out, shed, remove

Apprehensive

anxious or fearful that something bad will happen

Bleat

make a cry, particularly a sheep

Champ

bite and chew in a noisy way

Meager

lacking in quantity or quality

Contemptuous

showing contempt, scornful, insulting

Indignation

anger provoked by what is unfair treatment

Writhe

twist or squirm in pain

Contort

twist or bend out of normal shape

Bewildered

to be very confused or perplexed

Monotonous

dull, boring, tedious, and repetitive

Reprehensible

terrible actions, disgraceful

Cower

to crouch or lean in fear

Wry

sarcastic

Brusque

abrupt speech

Arch

ancient/primitive

Aster, Astro

space

Aud, Audi

sound/hear

Ben

good/ well

Bio

life

Brev

brief/ short

Chron

time

Mal

bad

Man

hand

Derm

skin

Geo

Earth

Phil(lo)

love/affection

Path, Pas

feeling

Gen

birth

Graph

write

Hydro

water

Terra

Earth

Jur, Just, Jud

law/rule

Ped

child

Pod/Ped

foot

Sol

alone

Opt, Ocu

vision

Vid, Vis

see

Inter

between

Micro

small

Pre

before

-ular, -al

relating to

Tact

touch

Un

not

Ambi

both

Ante

before

Anti

against

Auto

self

Cent

hundred

Circum

around

Con

with

De

from/down

Deci

ten

Cynical

believing that people are motivated by self-interest; concerned only with self-interest

Dissentiant

a person who opposes a majority of officials; in opposition to a majority

Dissent

holding opinions at variance with those held officially

Enmity

mutual hatred or hostility

Ensconce

settle comfortably/safely (place & argument)

Benevolent

kind, altruistic, compassionate

Abolish

to get rid of, terminate

Apathy

lack of interest

Gambol

run or jump about playfully

Preeminent

surpassing all others

Tormentors

people who cause great pain

Acute

mentally alert and awake, shrewd

Cryptic

mysterious, hidden

Maxim

rule or motto people want to live by

Flog

to beat with a stick

Ignominous

shameful, disgraceful

Impromptu

done without being planned

Irrepressible

not able to be controlled

Tractable

controllable, easy to control

Perpetual

never-ending, last long time

Articulate

able to express oneself clearly, act of expressing clearly

Lexicon

vocabulary of a person

Poignant

evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

Grovel

to kneel, lie, or crawl on the ground, treat someone with too much respect to gain approval

Charlatan

a person falsely claiming to have a skill, fraud

Triage

assignment of degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses to decide the order of treatment to a large number of patients

Commandeer

take possession of something, seize, hijack

Draconian

excessively harsh, severe, cruel

Sycophant

someone who acts obsequiously toward someone important to gain favor