Mrs. miller midterm
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 mottled | spotted or blotched |
| bindle | bundle; usually of bedding and possessions |
| recumbent | resting; lying down; idle |
| morosely | melancholy; gloomy |
| imperiously | arrogantly domineering; overbearing |
| pugnacious | combative; belligerent; ready for a fight |
| flounced | move in a bouncy way |
| bridled | restrain; to hold back |
| complacently | in a self-satisfied, unconcerned manner |
| relish | hearty enjoyment; zest |
| bale | large package wrapped in twine |
| derogatory | disparaging; belittle |
| plaintively | expressing sorrow |
| contorted | twisted out of shape |
| brusquely | abrupt and curt in manner |
| mused | engaged in meditation |
| mollified | calmed or soothed |
| ominously | menacing; threatening |
| crestfallen | dispirited; depressed |
| aloof | distant physically or emotionally |
| avert | to turn away; to ward off |
| meager | deficient in quantity or fullness |
| writhed | to twist as if in pain, struggle or embarrassment |
| 24 sulkily | sullenly; gloomily |
| jeer | to speak or shout derisively; mock |
| hover | to remain floating or lingering in a certain place |
| scornfully | without respect; in a disdainful manner |
| belligerent | in a hostile or stubborn manner |
| adversary | opposing force |
| rigorous | severe, harsh as in rules or discipline |
| malice | desire to inflict harm with evil intent |
| abject | utterly hopeless or miserable; contemptible |
| epitaph | praise in writing of a deceases person |
| suffice | enough to satisfy needs or purposes |
| precedent | act or decision serving as a rule or pattern |
| predicament | unpleasant, difficult or dangerous situation |
| amity | peaceful relationship; friendship |
| dulcet | pleasant to the eye, taste or feeling |
| eloquence | using language with fluency and aptness |
| vantage | advantage or superiority |
| bereft | deprived |
| infidel | unbeliever; one who does not accept a particular faith |
| confound | to perplex or confuse |
| intercessors | people who intercede |
| usurer | person who lends money and charges interest |
| gratis | without charge or payment; free |
| fiend | evil spirit or demon; wicked person |
| allay | to lessen fear or doubt |
| sober | quiet or sedate in manner; temperate |
| demurely | shy, modest; reserved |
| entreat | to earnestly ask for; beg or implore |
| tediousness | long and tiresome |
| pagan | irreligious or hedonistic person |
| heinous | totally reprehensible; hateful; odious |
| strife | bitter conflict; struggle or clash |
| masque | masked ball; aristocratic entertainment |
| peruse | read through thoroughly |
| loath | reluctant; disinclined |
| foppery | excessively vain in clothing, manners, actions |
| wont | accustomed; custom, habit |
| glisters | glitters; brilliance |
| edifice | large building or organization |
| reverence | feeling or attitude of deep respect; veneration |
| mirth | laughter; light-hearted amusement |
| visage | facial expression; countenance |
| reputed | reported or supposed to be |
| extortion | oppressive or illegal means of |
| presage | prediction of foreboding; premonition |
| virtuous | morally upright; ethical |
| requite | to make repayment; retaliation |
| forerunner | indication of something to follow |
| supposition | something that is assumed |
| rail (v.) | to utter bitter complaint |
| knave | unprincipled; dishonest; untrustworthy person |
| specter | phantom; apparition |
| prodigious | extraordinary |
| contentious | quarrelsome; controversial |
| emissary | messenger, agent |
| inured | used to something unpleasant due to prolonged exposure |
| inanimate | appearing lifeless or dead |
| transcend | rise above; go beyond |
| collaborator | someone who works and schemes with another |
| idiosyncrasy | peculiarity; eccentricity |
| decrepit | broken down; weakened by age |
| bellicose | warlike; pugnacious |
| impervious | incapable of being affected |
| inveigle | lead astray or won over by deceitful flattery |
| salient | striking or conspicuous |
| grotesque | outlandish or bizarre as in character or behavior |
| enmity | deep rooted, often mutual hatred |
| aphorisms | short statements of truth |
| curtly | rudely brief; abruptly |
| mordantly | sharply caustic; sarcastic |
| latently | present but not developed or active |
| seigneurs | a lord |
| innumerable | incapable of being counted |
| falsetto | high voice |
| qualms | an uneasy feeling, doubts |
| lavish | extravagant |
| conscientious | in detail |
| rostrum | speaker's platform |
| incognito | with concealed identity |
| putrid | rotten |
| suave | smoothly polite |
| nonchalant | cooly unconcerned |
| bourgeois | middle-class |
| cliques | exclusive groups |
| blase | unconcerned |
| sacrilegious | against religion |
| inane | lacking sense, worthless |
| foyer | entry hall |
| ostracize | banish, excluded by general conscent |
| digress | to stray away from the main topic |
| spontaneous | unplanned, sudden impulse |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| reciprocal | mutual |
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