Unit 1-3 LOTF Vocab

Appall

fill with apprehension or alarm

Balm

preparation applied externally as a remedy or for soothing

Bastion

a stronghold for shelter during a battle

Belligerence

a natural disposition to be hostile

Chastisement

verbal punishment

Detritus

the remains of something that has been destroyed or finished

Diffident

lacking self-confidence

Dubious

fraught with uncertainty or doubt

Effigy

a representation of a person

Fitful

intermittently stopping and starting

Gesticulate

show, express, or direct through movement

Inarticulate

without or deprived of the use of speech or words

Incantation

a ritual reciting of words believed to have a magical effect

Interminable

tiresomely long; seemingly without end

Lamentation

a cry of sorrow and grief

Leviathan

monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament

Mutinous

disposed to or in a state of open rebellion

Perilous

fraught with danger

Reverence

a feeling of profound respect for someone or something

Sinewy

possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful

Swarthy

naturally having skin of a dark color

Tempestuous

characterized by violent emotions or behavior

Vagrant

a wanderer with no established residence or means of support

Apprehension

fearful expectation or anticipation

Caper

jump about playfully

Contemptuously

without respect; in a disdainful manner

Creeper

any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping

Decorous

characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste

Ebullience

eager enjoyment or approval

Efflorescence

the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

Effulgence

the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

Enmity

a state of deep-seated ill-will

Errant

straying from the right course or from accepted standards

Festoon

decorate with strings of flowers

Furtive

secret and sly or sordid

Hiatus

an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

Immure

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

Incredulous

not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving

Mortification

strong feelings of embarrassment

Officious

intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

Pallor

unnatural lack of color in the skin

Proffer

a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection

Rapt

feeling great delight and interest

Recrimination

mutual accusations

Specious

deceptively pleasing

Strident

unpleasantly loud and harsh

Susurration

the indistinct sound of people whispering

Tacit

implied by or inferred from actions or statements

Vicissitude

a variation in circumstances or fortune

Alight

settle or come to rest

Brandish

exhibit aggressively

Bravado

a swaggering show of courage

Buffet

strike against forcefully

Clamber

climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

Demure

shy or modest, often in a playful or provocative way

Derision

Contemptuous (hostile) laughter

Dun

of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color

Fervor

the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up

Glower

look angry or sullen as if to signal disapproval

Illusive

based on or having the nature of a fantasy

Impervious

not admitting of passage or capable of being affected

Laden

filled with a great quantity

Pall

become less interesting or attractive

Prefect

a chief officer or chief magistrate

Rebuke

censure severely or angrily

Rueful

feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

Sanctity

the quality of being holy

Tremulous

quivering as from weakness or fear

Vexed

troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances