Heart of Darkness Vocab

Inexorable

impossible to stop or prevent

Edifying

providing moral or intellectual instruction

Abscond

to leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection

Recrudescence

breaking out afresh; revival of material that has previously settled

Evanescent

soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing

Somnambulist

sleepwalker

Superciliousness

behavior of one who thinks he or she is superior to others

Tenebrous

dark, shadowy, or obscure

Hullaballoo

a great commotion or fuss

Lugubrious

looking or sounding sad

Craven

extreme cowardice

Pestiferous

harboring infection or disease

Diaphanous

light, delicate, or translucent

Ascetic

characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons

Assegai

a short, iron tipped spear used by some African tribes

Hovel

a small, squalid, unpleasant, or simply constructed dwelling

Preeminently

above all; in particular

Cravat

a short, wide strip of fabric worn by men around the neck

Harlequin

dressed in patterned clothing

Fusillade

a series of shots fired all at the same time

Factitious

artificially created or developed

Tepid

showing little enthusiasm

Prevaricator

a liar

Obsequious

obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

Yarn

a long or rambling story

Wantonly

in a reckless way

Trenchant

having a sharp edge (in regards to a blade)

Veriest

to emphasize the degree to which a description applies to someone or something

Crestfallen

sad and disappointed

Rapacious

aggressively greedy or grasping

Pauper –

a very poor person

Yokel

an uneducated or unsophisticated person

Wraith

a ghost or ghost like image

Scow

a flat bottomed boat

Sepulcher

a place of burial; tomb