Heart of Darkness Vocab 1

impalpable

unable to be felt by touch

sepulchre

a small room or monument, of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried

languid

displaying a disinclination for physical exertion or effort

lugubrious

looking or sounding sad or dismal

charnel

associated with death

apoplectic

overcome with anger, extremely indignant

inscrutable

impossible to understand or interpret

pernicious

having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual way

rapacious

aggressively greedy or grasping

desultory

lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm

supercilious

behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others

abject

experienced or present to maximum degree

pretext

reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason

alacrity

brisk and cheerful readiness

edifice

a large imposing building

querulous

complaining in a petulant or whining manner

inexorable

impossible to stop or prevent

evanescence

quality of being fleeting or vanishing quickly

lascivious

feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire

sententious

given to moralizing in a pompous manner