Caponetti---Arms and the Man Vocab

Paltry

adj. having little meaning, importance, or worth

variegated

adj. having pathces, stripes, or marks of different colors

rapturously

adv. to do or express in a way that shows happiness or love

gallantry

n. an act of market courtesy especially to a lady

dandified

adj. resembling a man who cares too much about his clothing and appearance

Chaff

n. something comparatively worthless

prosaic

adj. dull or ordinary

fusillade

n. shots fired in rapid succession

middling

adj. of average size or quality

unkempt

adj. not neat or orderly: messy or untidy

chivalrous

adj. behaving in an honorable way towards women

superciliously

adv. to do something in a cool and patronizingly haughty way

disparagingly

adv. to depreciate by indirect means

encroach

v. to gradually move or go into an area beyond desired limits

complacency

n. self satisfaction accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers

pugnacious

adj. showing a readiness or desire to fight or argue

scrupulous

adj. acting instrict regard for what is considered riht or proper

humbug

n. a wilfully false or insincere person

consummate

adj. skilled and accomplished, highest degree

flippant

adj. lacking proper respect or seriousness

impudent

adj. failing to show proper respect and courtesy

sardonic

adj. disdainfully or skepticallly humorous: mocking

Officious

adj. an annnoying person doing work and telling people what to do unsolicited

forage

n. food for animals especially when taken by browsing or grazing

dexterous

adj. having great skill or cleverness

demure

adj. not attracting or demanding attention

blackguard

n. a rude or unscrupulous person

coquetry

n. a flirtatios act or attitude

phlegmatic

adj. having or showing a slow and stolid temperament

discomfiture

n. the state of being confused or upset

Jejune

adj. immature or juevenile

brood

v. to think anxiously or gloomily about

reverie

n. the condition of being lost in thought; daydream

haughtily

adv. acting in a way which is disdainfully proud or superior

dubiously

adv. doing something questioningly as to true nature or quality; doubtfully

steadfast

adj. firm in belief, conviction

recoil

v. to shrink back

levity

n. excessive or frivilous/silliness

contemptuously

adv. doing something in a way which expresses hatred

succumb

v. to yield to superior strength or force