The Metamorphosis and The Stranger Flashcards
Impracticable
Not practicable, incapable of being performed
Lout
To bow in respect: submit, yield
Obstinacy
The quality or state of being stubborn or difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue
Rectify
To set right, to purify, to correct by removing errors
Imminent
Ready to take place; hanging threateningly over one’s head
Brandish
To shake or wave menacingly; to exhibit is an ostentatious or aggressive manner
Prostrate
Stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission, lying flat
Blandishment
Something that tends to coax or cajole
Millinery
Women’s apparel for the head: the business or work of a milliner
Pique
A transient feeling of wounded vanity; resentment
Superfluous
Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary; not needed; marked by wastefulness
Debacle
A tumultuous breakup of ice in a river; a violent disruption; a great disaster or complete failure
Dawdle
To spend time idly or to move lackadaisically
Incessantly
Continuing or following without interruption
Nonplussed
A state of bafflement or perplexity
Destitute
Lacking something needed or desirable: lacking possessions and resources, suffering extreme poverty
Acolyte
One who assists a member of the clergy in a liturgical service by performing minor duties: one who assists or attends
Dubious
Giving rise to uncertainty of a doubtful promise or outcome/questionable or suspect as to true nature or quality
Dank
Unpleasantly moist or wet
Taciturn
Temperamentally disinclined to talk
Cortège
A train of attendants; especially a funeral procession
Parricide
The act of murdering one’s close relative, as in a mother, father, or sibling
Fêtes
Festival, a lavish often outdoor entertainment
Procurer
One that procures (to get possession of or obtain by particular care and effort)
Mitigating
To cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less sever or painful
Odious
Arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance
Mete
To give out by measure, dole, (usually used with “out” such as: mete out punishment)
Interminable
Having or seeming to have no end, especially wearisomely protracted
Extenuating
To make light of, to lessen or to try to lessen; to make think or emaciated, to lessen strength or effect of
Imperturbable
Marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness
