Nature Writing: Vocabulary

tributary

noun, a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.

somnolent

adjective, inclined to or heavy with sleep.

voluble

adjective, characterized by ready or rapid speech.

inexplicably

adjective, incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for.

immanent

adjective, being within the limits of possible experience or knowledge.

melancholy

adjective, causing or tending to cause sadness or depression of mind or spirit.

transient

noun, a guest or boarder who stays only briefly.

facade

noun, a false, superficial, or artificial appearance or effect.

optimist

noun, a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes.

superfluous

adjective, exceeding what is sufficient or necessary.

Supposition

noun, an interpretation of a practical situation or condition taken as the ground for action.

Nonchalant

adjective, having an air of easy unconcern or indifference.

Suburb

noun, an outlying part of a city or town.

Jetty

noun, a structure extended into a sea, lake, or river to influence the current or tide or to protect a harbor.

caesura

noun, a usually rhetorical break in the flow of sound in the middle of a line of verse.

euphony

noun, pleasing or sweet sound.

enjambment

noun, the running over of a sentence from one verse or couplet into another so that closely related words fall in different lines.

juxtaposition

noun, the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect.

headwater

noun, the source of a stream.

archaic

adjective, of, relating to, or characteristic of an earlier or more antiquated time.

enmity

noun, mutual hatred or ill will.

solstice

when the sun reaches its most northerly or southerly excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere.