Spirit Car Vocab (1-25)

impenetrable

impossible to pass through

assimilation

becoming familiar with something

tenuous

very weak or slight

wasichu

word for people of european decent. typically refers to white people

desolate

deserted, dismal and bleak

epochal

of a period in history

sultry

hot and humid; suffocating and stuffy

confluence

a junction, a joining (especially of rivers)

exorbitant

unreasonably high ($) or excessive

annuity

a fixed sum of money to be paid each year (often for life)

convene

come or bring together; assemble

prestige

widespread respect/admiration, especially based on achievements

nuisance

person, thing, circumstance causing annoyance

secessionists

people who want withdrawal from a union/ membership

impetuously

violent, rash, impulsive in actions

sunder

split apart, divided

ambivalence

uncertainty, indecision, unsureness

marauding

roaming in search of things to steal or people to attack

schism

a split between strongly opposed groups

division, break, separation

emaciated

sickly skinny due to malnourishment

rancid

foul and rotten (or foods)

revolting, nasty, rotten

zeal

great energy or enthusiasm

iyeska

“mixed blood”

palpable

perceptible (with the senses)

tangible

austere

severe or strict in manner; stern