LOTF Unit 1 Flashcards
Specious
Misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive.
Skewed
Suddenly change direction or position
Bastion
a projecting part of a fortification built at an angle to the line of a wall, so as to allow defensive fire in several directions.
Hiatus
a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process.
Ebullience
the quality of being cheerful and full of energy; exuberance
Pall
a dark cloud or covering of smoke, dust, or similar matter.
Festooned
decorated, adorned
Inscrutable
impossible to understand or interpret.
Gesticulated
use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one’s words.
Opaque
not able to be seen through; not transparent.
Declivities
a downward slope.
Impalpable
unable to be felt by touch.
Sinewy
consisting of or resembling sinews; lean and muscular.
Tacitly
in a way that is understood or implied without being directly stated.
Improvisation
created without preperation
Apex
the top or highest part of something, especially one forming a point.
Derisive
expressing contempt or ridicule.
Effigy
a roughly made model of a particular person, made in order to be damaged or destroyed as a protest or expression of anger.
Tempestuously
in a stormy way; with great force, energy, passion, noise, fury, conflict, etc.
Incantation
a series of words said as a magic spell or charm.
Incredulity
the state of being unwilling or unable to believe something.
