Gullivers Travels Vocab Flashcards
auspicious
favorable; promising good luck
apprehensive
in dread of possible evil or harm
Brobdingnagian
gigantic; a term coined by Jonathan Swift from his tale Gulliver’s Travels
conscience
an inner guide to one’s own rightness or wrongness of behavior
deficient
inadequate in amount
diminutive
very small
embargo
an official ban on trade with another country
encomium
a formal speech of praise
extenuate
to try to lessen the seriousness of an offense
foment
to instigate or to stir up
grandeur
the quality of being magnificent
husbandry
the cultivation and breeding of crops and animals
lilliputian
a very small person; a term coined by Jonathan Swift from his tale Gulliver’s Travels
peruse
examine carefully at length
ponderous
slow and clumsy because of great weight
prodigious
impressively great in size, extent or degree
prostrate
lie face downward in submission
provocation
deliberate action or speech that makes another person annoyed or angry
schism
a split between strongly opposed sections or parties
solicitations
an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status; asking for something from a superior
stipulate
demand a requirement as part of a bargain or agreement
impediment
an obstruction to doing something; a hindrance
incessant
continuing without pause or interruption
insatiable
impossible to satisfy
inured
accustomed to something unpleasant
