Their Eyes Were Watching God Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards for Their Eyes Were Watching God

Chasten

To correct by punishment or suffering

Clamor

Noisy shouting or a loud continuous noise

Decorum

The conventions of polite behavior

Desecrate

To violate the sanctity of or treat disrespectfully

Doleful

Mournful; expressing sorrow

Fetid

Having a heavy offensive smell

Fractious

Tending to be troublesome; unruly

Languid

Lacking energy or vitality; weak or faint

Oblique

Indirectly stated or expressed; not straightforward

Ostentatious

too obviously showing your money, possessions, or power, in an attempt to make other people notice and admire you: designed to impress or attract notice

Pugnacious

Eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight

Promontory

A narrow area of high land that sticks out into the sea

Prostrate

Lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward

Refracted

Deflected from a straight path

Sodden

Saturated with liquid, especially water; soaked through

Stolid

Showing little or no emotion; not easily excited or upset

Sullen

Bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy

Temerity

Excessive confidence or boldness; audacity

Temporize

Avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time

Usurper

A person who takes a position of power or importance illegally or by force