Portrait and Tunnels Vocab Flashcards
repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester
badger
Totally bewilder or perplex.
baffle
So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.
banal
Hostile and aggresive
belligerent
Gentle and kindly
benign
Argue about petty and trivial matters.
bicker
(of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements.
bleak
Showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper.
blithe
(of a person, event, or behavior) noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.
boisterous
Rough and bad-mannered; coarse.
boorish
A bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate.
bravado
abrupt or offhand in speech or manner.
brusque
carry out (a task) clumsily or incompetently.
bungle
A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
bureaucracy
A projecting support of stone or brick built against a wall.
buttress
A feeling of remorse for having done something wrong
contrition
High places extending out over a body of water
promontories
Giving off light
luminous
The act of asking humbly and earnestly
supplication
A leaflike shoot of seaweed
frond
Marked by an involuntary muscular contraction
convulsive
A spurt, splash, a glob
gout
Brief; to the point
terse
Unfaithful; changeable
fickle
Compassion; sympathy
pathos
Unappreciative person
Ingrate
Ill will; malice
malevolance
Ordinary; unimaginative
prosaic
Slim; attractive
svelte
Sense of superiority
disdain
