Oman Vocab #1

recumbent

reclining or reclined

juncture

a place where two things are joined

mollified

reduced; pacified

imperiously

dominantly; aggressively

fawn

to behave affectionately or in a servile manner

complacently

enjoyable; pleasingly; satistfingly

bemused

perplexed; bewildered

derogatory

something that lessons the reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; detracting from the character or standing of something

aloof

distance; apart, remote; isolated

scourge

to punish or criticize severely; whip.

pugnacious

excessively inclined to quarrel or fight

writhe

to twist the body about, or squirm as in pain; to twist (the body or a bodily part) in pain

gingerly

cautiously. carefully

jeer

speak or shout rudely at; taunt; to deride with mocking and insulting remarks or sounds;

brusquely

curtly; abruptly; bluntly

subdue

to conquer and bring into subjection; to bring under control especially by an exertion of the will; to reduce the intensity or degree of; tone down.

cower

to cringe in fear; to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays

wryly

dryly; sarcastically; understatedly; made by a deliberate distortion of the facial muscles often to express irony or mockery

crestfallen

dispirited; dejected; depressed

jar

to rattle or shake; an unsettling shock