dunlap words

Emnity

ill will

Interposed

intruded; got between

Strident

loud and harsh

Immured

walled in

Gesticulate

to gesture with one's hands

Officious

offering unwanted help or advice

Recrimination

an accusation made in retaliation

Capering

playful leaping or dancing

Inscrutable

not easily understood

Vicissitude

a change or variation in the course of something

Contrite

sincerely sorry for shortcomings

Tacit

expressed without word or speech; unspoken but implied

Appalled

horrified or disgusted; overwhelmed by shock

Incursion

a hostile entry into a territory

Myraid

Innumerable

Swarthy

dark in compexion

Balm

healing agent

Effigy

a crude representation of someone disliked, used for purposes of ridicule

Expansive

Free and open or unrestrained

Decorum

Proper manners and good taste

Discursive

rambling

Tremelously

trembling for fear, nervousness, or weakness

Glower

to look or stare witb irritated or gloomy anger or dislike

Impervious

incapable of being influenced or affected

Bravado

swaggering display of courage

Emphatic

expressing something forcibly and clearly

Embroiled

to involve deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation

Diffidently

shyly

Bastion

a part of the wall of a castle that sticks out in order to protect it; something that defends a belief a way of life that is disappearing or threatened

Flourish

wave around to attract the attention of others

Pall

a depressing or oppressive atmosphere

Demure

shy and modest

Corpulent

fat

Assimilate

to take in and understand fully

Derision

ridicule

myopia

nearsightedness, shortsighted, narrow minded

propitate

to make favorably-minded, to appease

Truculently

aggressively hostile

Ululation

howling or wailing

Ensconce

to hide securely, to settle snuggly

Cordon

to surround or blockade; usually followed with “off”

Crepitation

Crackling sound

Cessation

A temporary or complete stoppage

Essay

to attempt

Sententiously

given to excessive moralizing

Demoralize

to corrupt, to destroy the morale of, to throw into confusion

Insolence

offensive, rude or disrespectful speech or behavior

Subordinate

to make secondary; to make subject

Earnest

serious in intention

Untrammeled

unrestrained

Auspicious

promising success, favorable

Brazen

shamelessly and boldly

Compulsive

irresistibly compelled to act, especially in a way that's irrational or contrary to one's will

Deference

respectful yielding to the will, opinion, or judgment of another

Misgive

to be apprehensive, anxious about something that might happen

Advocate

to publicly recommend or support

Degrade

to treat or regard with contempt or disrespect

Relegate

to dismiss to an inferior rank or position

Estrangement

the fact of no longer being on friendly terms or part of a social group

Existential

relating to existance

Anarchy

a state of disorder due to absense or nonrecognition of authority or other controlling systems

Taciturn

tending to be quiet, not speaking frequently

Enumerate

to name things one after another in a list

Implacable

not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

Odious

causing hatred or strong dislike

Mete

to measure out

Consummate

to make perfect or complete. complete in every detail, extremely skilled and accomplished

Liaison

a secret relationship, a person that helps group work together and share information

Plausible

appearing worthy of belief

Doddering

senile, shaking, tottering

Ebb

to fall from a higher to a lower level, or from a better to a worse state

Visionary

having a foresight and imagination

Mirthlessly

containing no joy

Atheist

a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods

Flotsam and jetsam

useless or discarded objects; wreckage that remains afloat after a ship has sunk

Execrate

to dislike and criticize very strongly

Edify

to instruct or improve morally or intellectually

score

a group of 20

Perpetual

continuing forever

Hysteria

behavior exhibiting overwhelming fear or emotional excess

Tirade

long, angry speech of criticism and accusation

Adamant

refusing to change one's mind

Undeterred

not prevented from acting

Deportment

a person's behavior or manners

Pretense

a false show of something

Perverse

persistance or obstinate in what is wrong, reject what is good or right

Transgress

to violate the law, command or code

Disdain

to consider beneath one self

Wrence

from what place, cause or origin?

Furbish

to make bright by polishing, to restore to good condition