unit 3 vocab griffin
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21 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Importunity | the state or quality of being importunate; persistence insolicitation. |
| hustled (148) | to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle aboutputting a house in order. |
| doggedly (149) | persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious: a dogged worker. |
| jouncing (149) | to move joltingly or roughly up and down; bounce. |
| commodious (149) | spacious and convenient; roomy: a commodious apartment. |
| assiduously(149) | constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task;persevering; industrious; attentive: an assiduous student. |
| Manifests(151) | readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident;obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error. |
| pathos(153) | the quality or power in an actual life experience or inliterature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, ofevoking a feeling of pity or compassion. |
| obstinate(153) | firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.;not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty. |
| futile (153) | incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; notsuccessful: Attempting to force-feed the sick horse wasfutile. |
| audacity(156) | boldness or daring, esp. with confident or arrogant disregardfor personal safety, conventional thought, or otherrestrictions. |
| furtively (159) | taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret:a furtive glance. |
| congenial (187) | agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character |
| chintz (187) | a printed cotton fabric, glazed or unglazed, used esp. fordraperies. |
| flamboyant (188) | strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors. |
| smouldering (188) | to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressedcombustion. When light changes the color of things |
| impertinence (189) | unmannerly intrusion or presumption; insolence. |
| skulk (190) | to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason: The thiefskulked in the shadows. |
| querulous (190) | full of complaints; complaining. |
| debased (191) | to reduce in quality or value; adulterate: They debased thevalue of the dollar. |
| interminable (193) | incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job. |
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