Heart of Darkness Vocabulary : List 1

Interminable (1)

endless

Luminous (1)

bright; brilliant; glowing

Ascetic (1)

practicing self-denial

Diaphanous (2)

very sheer and light; almost completely transparent

Venerable (2)

respected because of age

Lurid (3)

causing shock or horror

Inscrutable (3)

impossible to understand or interpret

Somnambulist (7)

sleepwalker ; sleepwalking

Sententiously (9)

given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous

Imperturbably (9)

unexcitedly, calmly

Lugubrious (11)

mournful; gloomy

Declivity (12)

A downward slope; a dip

Recrudescence (12)

revival ; a new outbreak after a period of abatement or inactivity

Insidious (13)

intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous

Philanthropic (13)

charitable ; humanitarian; benevolent; relating to monetary generosity

Moribund (14)

dying

Propitiatory (14)

conciliatory, appeasing, mitigating

Rout (18)

an overwhelming defeat

Insolence (19)

rude and disrespectful behavior

Rapacity (20)

aggressive greed

Beguile (21)

To deceive; to charm; to enchant

Enigma

The Riddler