GOW vocab

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rivulet

a small stream

protruded

stuck out

judiciously

wisely; sensibly; with care or caution

homocide

the killing of one person by another

listless

lacking energy

insinuation

a sneaky suggestion of something bad

bemused

perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements

cowl

a loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)

emulsion

a light-sensitive coating on paper or film

hobnailed

marked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails

dissipated

preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance

chambray

a lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp

subtle

be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind

fetlocks

tufts of hair above horse hoof

dispersed

distributed or spread over a considerable extent

anlage

an organ in its earliest stage of development

piqued

to irritate, to arouse, to provoke

zenith

the highest point

swale

low lying stretch of land

declivity

a downward slope or bend

hypocrite

a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold

shoat

a young pig

parapet

fortification consisting of a low wall

scrabbled

To scratch or scrape

ravenously

in the manner of someone who is very hungry

petulant

easily irritated or annoyed

convulsed

To shake violently

truculently

in a defiantly truculent manner

insubstantial

lacking material form or substance

lithely

With ease or flexibility

animosity

a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

veneration

religious zeal

prophesy

deliver a sermon

citadel

a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle

supplication

the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)

intricacies

complexities

imperturbability

calm and unruffled self-assurance

conjecture

reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence

rakishly

in a rakish manner

arbiter

someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue

inveterate

firmly established, long-standing; habitual

assailed

to attack violently

relinquished

given up often unwillingly

voluptuous

having strong sexual appeal

stereopticon

solid

eminent

of imposing height

fatuously

vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish

titular

of or associated with or bearing a title signifying status or function

restiveness

characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright

tributary

a branch that flows into the main stream

carvan

a group of trader travelin together

apprehensively

with anxiety or apprehension

wizened

lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness

timbre

(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

zygote

the cell resulting from the union of an ovum and a spermatozoon (including the organism that develops from that cell)

vivaciousness

full of spirit and animation

quoit

game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in the game of quoits

languid

lacking spirit or liveliness

vagrants

people who wander from place to place

moosely

atomic mass, in a sad way

relapsed

fell back into a previous condition

lanky

ungracefully tall and thin

querulously

in a peevish manner

derelicts

a penniless person who is homeless, jobless, and abandoned by others

accounterments

personal clothing or accessories; equipment

octracism

rejection and exclusion from society

feral

wild and menacing

prosperous

tending to favor or bring good luck

exhortation

a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action

tule

come

flailing

moving or waving about

vehemence

intensity or forcefulness of expression

decorous

characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct

mattock

a kind of pick that is used for digging

agrarian

relating to rural matters

contrite

feeling regret for a fault or offence

ravenous

devouring or craving food in great quantities

delusion

the act of deluding

destitute

poor enough to need help from others

reverential

feeling or manifesting veneration

radical

(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm

contemptuous

expressing extreme contempt

pinioned

bound fast especially having the arms restrained

fallow

left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season

disconsolate

causing dejection

beveled

characterized by an angle of a surface that meets another angle

bravado

a swaggering show of courage

contrite

feeling regret for a fault or offence

sullen

darkened by clouds

preventive

an agent or device intended to prevent conception

denunciation

a public act of denouncing

pall

hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

forlornly

in a forlorn manner

docilely

obediently

menacingly

in a menacing manner

vigilantes

people who take the law into their own hands

confidentially

in a confidential manner

obscure

make obscure or unclear

placards

public notice; poster

cynically

doubting the sincerity or goodness of human motives or actions