chapter 7-9 Flashcards
earnest or emphatic care in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent
insistent
a slip or error, often of a trival sort; failure
lapse
unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant
tentative
suddent or unexpected
abrupt
uproar; disorder; highly distressing agitation of mind or feeling
tumult
ominous, predictive of future bad events
portentous
not respectful; critical of what is generally accepted or respected
irreverent
taking the place of another person person or thing ; acting or serving as a substitute
vicarious
resentment or ill will; hatred; malice
rancor
great strength; forceful; powerful
formidable
a container or storage room for cigars or other preparations of tobacco, fitted with means for keeping the tobacco suitably moist
humidor
cannot be seen or perceived clearly; imperceptible
indiscernible
a seat for two or more persons, having a back and usually arms, and often upholstered
settee
in partnership; in league with; in conspiracy
in cahoots
a piece of turf gouged out with a club in making a stroke
divot
excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trival matters
garrulous
without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling
incoherent
imaginable; believeable
conceivable
desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance
forlorn
burdened; loaded down
laden
a satire or lampoon, esp. one posted in a public place
pasquinade
to disturb the condition, action, or function of; to make insane
derange
to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess
surmise
being more than is sufficient or required; excessive; unnecessary or needless
superfluous
a person’s manner of speaking or reading aloud in public
elocution
unspeakable; beyond expression
unutterable
difficult to perceive or understand
subtle
at the height of emotional excitement
orgastic
carried
borne
with out stopping or pausing; unendingly; incessantly
ceaselessly
