HLAC 9 HATSOS Ch. 5-7 Vocabulary IHS White

Perpetual

(adj.) never ending or changing

"The country has been in a state of perpetual civil war for decades.”

Topographical

(adj.) relating to the arrangement or accurate representation of the physical features of an area

“Smooth and soft, the pillow is stitched with the topographical lines of Mount Rainier.”

Archipelago

(n.) a group of islanss; a stretch of water with many islands

"No, we live on a chain of islands, an archipelago, not a continent."

Fanatical

(adj.) filled with excessive and single-minded zeal; obsessively concerned with something

"As a lot of people know already, she's a really obsessed, fanatical football fan."

Lament

(n.) A passionate expression of grief and sorrow

“That lament, that desire for change, is echoed again and again.”

(v.) mourn

“Tribal members lament that stars are lost in the glare of flaring waste gas from wells.”

Menancingly

(adv.) in a way that suggests the presence of danger; threateningly

"Sure enough, four knights came through the bushes behind him, all glaring at me menacingly."

Caper

(n.) skip or dance in a lively way

“He was so happy he cut a caper on the steps.”

(v.) a playful skipping movement

“Lambs capering in the meadow.”

Mutinous

(adj.) refusing to obey orders of authority (especially a soldier); willful/disobedient

"The war ended in 1859, and the mutinous troops were tried and executed."

Insubordination

(n.) defiance of authority; refusal to obey orders

"He had never in five years shown the slightest disrespect or insubordination."