My Antonia Flashcards
Undulating
Move w a smooth wavelike motion
Oracular
To be very wise or prophetic
Vermillion
A bright red color
Tawny
Of an orange-brown or yellowish-brown color
Gesticulation
A gesture of dramatic matter
Torpor
A state or violently remove valuable possessions
Petulantly
Childishly sulky or bad tempered
Arroyo
A steep missed fully cut by running water
Magnanimity
The fact or condition of being generous
Quay
A concrete, stone or metal platform lying alongside water for loading
Hectoringly
Talk to in a bullying way
Mollified
Appease the angle or anxiety
Capered
Skip or dance about in a lively manner
Joviality
Jolly/marry
Mulatto
Person w mixed white & black ancestry
Fastidious
Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy
Assiduously
Showing great care & perseverance
Propitiate
Win or regain the favor of a god person spirit by doing some thing to please them
Indolently
Wanting to avoid activity
Disapprobation
Strong disapproval
Parsimonious
Unwilling to spend money or use resources
Infinitesimal
Extremely small
Satiety
The feeling of state of being sated
Moribund
A person at the point of death
Renunciatory
Act or instance of relinquishing or sacrificing some thing
Commencement
Beginning
Cowed
To cause some one to submit to ones wishes by intimidation
Ardor
Enthusiasm/passion
Obelisk
A stone pillar, typically having a square cross section
