h Flashcards
specious
misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive
bastion
a strong defense or fort (or one likened to it) kind of wall
hiatus
a pause in a sequence
gesticulated
use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one’s words.
ebullience
intense enthusiasm
festooned
adorn (a place) with ribbons, garlands, or other decorations.
inscrutable
incapable of being understood, incomprehensible
opaque
impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light
declivities
downward slope
pall
a dark cloud or covering of smoke, dust, or similar matter
impalpable
unable to be felt by touch
sinewy
lean and muscular
tacitly
implied without being spoken
apex
the highest point of something
derisive
ridiculing, mocking
effingy
a crude image of a despised person
tempestuously
turbulently like a storm
incantation
ritual chant; spell
incredulity
inability or unwillingness to believe
