Vocab 2.5 Flashcards
interminable
unending, monotonously protracted, unceasing, incessant
brooding
preoccupied with morbid, depressing, or painful memories
ascetic
a person who leads an austerely simple life, especially abstaining from pleasures
inscrutable
not easily understood, incapable of being analyzed; impenetrable
immutability
the state or condition of being unchangeable
savagery
an uncivilized or barbaric state or condition
abomination
a vile, shameful, or detestable condition or action
enigma
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation
lugubrious
mournful, dismal, gloomy
rapacious
inordinately greedy
prevaricator
a person who speaks to avoid entire truth; liar, quibbler, equivocater
detest
to feel abhorrence, hate
connoisseur
a discerning of judge of what is best in a field
cunning
skill employed in a shrewd, deceitful or sly manner; craftiness, guile
implacable
not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified
culminate
to end or arrive at final state
discomposed
disturbed or agitated
farcical
ludicrous, absurd
revile
to assail with opprobrious, contemptuous speech, to speak of abusively
fortitude
mental, emotional, physical strength when faced with difficulty, danger, adversity
