Vocabulary

accouterments (n)

necessary equipment

assail (v)

to attack verbally or physically

citidal (n)

fortress

corrugated (adj)

with ridges or wavy

declivity (n)

downward slope

demure (adj)

shy

destitute (adj)

lacking something needed

docile (adj)

easily managed

effluvium (n)

bad smell; slightly visible vapors

emulsion (n)

liquids that don’t mix

fallow (adj)

unused land

fatuous (adj)

foolish

feral (adj)

wild

fetid (adj)

foul smelling; stinky

goad (v)

to prod

imperious (adj)

domineering/ overbearing; dictatorial

imperturbable (adj)

calm

lecherous (adj)

lustful

lithe (adj)

flexible

lucent (adj)

shinning

rakish (adj)

dashing; slightly disreputable

dissipate (v)

to fade

gaunt (adj)

thin

pall (n)

burial cloth; eerie silence

paradox (n)

something that contradicts itself

nebulous (adj)

vague; unclear; hazy

ostracize (v)

to exclude

penitent (adj)

sorry

pinnacle (n)

highest point

pique (v)

to irritate

putrescent (adj)

disgusting

prostrate (v)

to lay oneself face down

rivulet (n)

small stream

slavish (adj)

slavelike

specter (n)

ghost

suffice (v)

to satisfy

tepid (adj)

lukewarm

timbre (n)

sound quality

titular (adj)

title only

tributary (n)

something offered in tribute; small stream into larger water

truculent (adj)

cruel

vagrant (n)

wonderer

zenith (n)

highest point

abyss (n)

bottomless

acme (n)

highest point

alacrity (n)

enthusiasm

allay (v)

to relieve

amiable (adj)

friendly

anecdote (n)

amusing story

ardor (n)

stronger feeling of love/ passion

asunder (adv)

into parts

bourgeois (n)

middle class

bequeath (v)

to pass down; to give

capricious (adj)

unpredictable

coerce (v)

to force

commiserate (v)

to sympathize with

commodious (adj)

roomy

congenial (adj)

friendly

consternation (n)

confusion

coquette (n)

a flirt

deprecate (v)

to put down

despondent (adj)

a feeling of hopelessness

desultory (adj)

random

diminutive (adj)

small

don (v)

to put on (as in clothing)

droll (adj)

amusing in an odd way

efface (v)

to wipe out

effulgence (n)

extreme brightness

effrontery (n)

boldness without shame

effusive (adj)

overflowing; excessive

emphatic (adj)

with emphasis

enamored (adj)

love to the extreme; inspired with love

encumbrance (n)

hindrance; burden

enni (n)

utter weariness; boredom

envince (v)

to show clearly; to prove

expostulate (v)

to dispute

extraneous (adj)

extra; in addition to

exuberance (n)

uninhibited enthusiasm

exultation (n)

celebration

fastidious (adj)

excessively particular

filial (adj)

a family connection

flippant (adj)

frivolously disrespectful

folly (n)

a foolish action

futility (n)

useless

anomaly (n)

an irregularity; deviation

glib (adj)

insincere

harrowing (adj)

disturbing

hoard (v)

to accumulate; to gather

impervious (adj)

impenetrable

impetuous (adj)

implied

implore (v)

to beg

imp (n)

a mischievous child

incessant (adj)

ceaseless

insipid (adj)

stupid; foolish

incredulous (adj)

skeptical

indolent (adj)

lazy/ sluggish

indulgence (n)

a special pleasure

insolent (adj)

rude

iota (n)

very small amount

ire (n)

intense anger