Week 26 Vocab

betimes

(adverb) before the usual or expected time, early

copious

(adjective) abundant in supply or quantity; plentiful

corroborate

(verb) to support or help prove by providing information or evidence; confirm

culpable

(adjective) deserving blame; guilty of doing something wrong

deftly

(adverb) skillful and clever; doing something both skillfully and gently, or effortlessly

egress

(verb) the action or right of going or coming out

egress

(noun) a place or means of going out; exit

Elysian

(adjective) relating to or characteristic of heaven or paradise; delightful; glorious; blissfull

inherent

)adjective) involved in the constitution or essential character of something: belonging by nature or habit

lurid

(adjective) presented in vividly shocking or sensational terms, especially giving explicit details of crimes or sexual matters; very livid color, especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect

milieu

(noun) the people and the physical and social conditions and events that provide a background in which someone acts or lives

minutiae

(noun) the small, precise of trivial details of something

mirth

(noun) gladness or amusement as shown by or accompanied with laugher

mollify

(verb) to sooth in temper or disposition; appease the anger or anxiety of (someone)

nullify

(verb) to render or declare legally void or inoperative; to deprive of values or effectiveness

pliable

(adjective) easily bent; flexible; too easily influenced or controlled by other people

precursor

(noun) one that precedes and indicates the approach of another; predecessor

respite

(noun) a short period of time when one is able to stop doing something that is difficult or unpleasant or when something difficult or unpleasant stops or is delayed

solicitous

(adjective) characterized by or showing interest or concern

steadfast

(adjective) resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering; unfaithful; loyal; constant

writhe

(verb) make continual twisting, squirming movement or contortions of the body