Garcia Ismael chapter 1 Vocab TKAM Flashcards
assuaged
/əˈswāj/
noun
1.to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate:
to assuage one’s grief; to assuage one’s pain.
2.
to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve:
to assuage one’s hunger.
3.
to soothe, calm, or mollify:
to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger.
apothecary
noun
[uh-poth-uh-ker-ee]
a druggist; a pharmacist. 2. a pharmacy or drugstore. 3. (especially in England and Ireland) a druggist licensed to prescribe medicine.
taciturn
adjective
[tas-i-turn]
inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
2.
dour, stern, and silent in expression and manner.
chattel
noun
[chat-l]
Law. a movable article of personal property.
2.
any article of tangible property other than land, buildings, and other things annexed to land.
3.
a slave.
unsullied
adjective
[chat-l]
free from dirt or stain
dictum
noun
[dik-tuh m]
an authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion. 2. a saying; maxim. 3. obiter dictum.
strictures
noun
\ˈstrik-chər\
a : an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage; also : the narrowed part
b : a constriction of the breath passage in the production of a speech sound
2
: something that closely restrains or limits : restriction
3
: an adverse criticism : censure
dispatched
verb
[dih-spach]
to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
2.
to dismiss (a person), as after an audience.
3.
to put to death; kill:
The spy was promptly dispatched.
4.
to transact or dispose of (a matter) promptly or speedily.
ambled
verb
[am-buh l]
to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter: He ambled around the town. 2. (of a horse) to go at a slow pace with the legs moving in lateral pairs and usually having a four-beat rhythm. noun 3. an ambling gait. 4. a slow, easy walk or gentle pace. 5. a stroll.
detention
[dih-ten-shuh n]
noun
the act of detaining.
2.
the state of being detained.
3.
maintenance of a person in custody or confinement, especially while awaiting a court decision.
4.
the withholding of what belongs to or is claimed by another.
dispatched
[dih-spach]
verb
to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
2.
to dismiss (a person), as after an audience.
3.
to put to death; kill:
The spy was promptly dispatched.
4.
to transact or dispose of (a matter) promptly or speedily.
detachement
[dih-tach-muh nt]
noun
the act of detaching. 2. the condition of being detached. 3. aloofness, as from worldly affairs or from the concerns of others. 4. freedom from prejudice or partiality. 5. the act of sending out a detached force of troops or naval ships. 6. the body of troops or ships so detached.
repertoire
[rep-er-twahr, -twawr, rep-uh-]
noun
the list of dramas, operas, parts, pieces, etc., that a company, actor, singer, or the like, is prepared to perform.
2.
the entire stock of works existing in a particular artistic field:
A new play has been added to the theatrical repertoire.
3.
the entire stock of skills, techniques, or devices used in a particular field or occupation:
a magician’s repertoire.
malevolent
[muh-lev-uh-luh nt]
adjective
wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious:
His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
2.
evil; harmful; injurious:
a malevolent inclination to destroy the happiness of others.
3.
Astrology. evil or malign in influence.
vapid
[vap-id]
adjective
lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat:
vapid tea.
2.
without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious:
a vapid party; vapid conversation.
morbid
[mawr-bid]
adjective
suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.:
a morbid interest in death.
2.
affected by, caused by, causing, or characteristic of disease.
3.
pertaining to diseased parts:
morbid anatomy.
nocturnal
[nok-tur-nl]
adjective
of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal ). 2. done, occurring, or coming at night: nocturnal visit. 3. active at night (opposed to diurnal ): nocturnal animals. 4. opening by night and closing by day, as certain flowers (opposed to diurnal ).
stealthy
[stel-thee]
adjective
done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive:
stealthy footsteps.
mutilated
[myoot-l-eyt]
noun
to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts:
Vandals mutilated the painting.
2.
to deprive (a person or animal) of a limb or other essential part.
predilection
[pred-l-ek-shuh n, preed-]
noun
a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference:
domiciled
[dom-uh-sahyl, -suh l, doh-muh-]
noun
a place of residence; abode; house or home.
2.
Law. a permanent legal residence.
flivver
[fliv-er]
noun
Older Slang. an automobile, especially one that is small, inexpensive, and old.
2.
Slang. something of unsatisfactory quality or inferior grade.
intimidation
[fliv-er]
verb
to make timid; fill with fear.
2.
to overawe or cow, as through the force of personality or by superior display of wealth, talent, etc.
3.
to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear:
to intimidate a voter into staying away from the polls.
nebulous
[neb-yuh-luh s]
adjective
hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused:
a nebulous recollection of the meeting; a nebulous distinction between pride and conceit.
2.
cloudy or cloudlike.
3.
of or resembling a nebula or nebulae in deep space; nebular.
