Vocab 3 Flashcards
capricious
Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity of reason; changeable
incipient
Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
brusqueness
An abrupt discourteous manner
Valediction
The act of saying farewell; farewell oration
Disquieting
Causing mental discomfort
Dynamism
The activeness of an energetic personality; active strength of body or mind
Splendor
The quality of being magnificent or grand; a quality that outshines the usual
Taut
Pulled or drawn tight; subjected to great tension;stretched tight
Feign
Make believe with the intent to deceive; make a pretense of
Espied
To catch sight of
Coiffure
The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman’s hair);arranged attractively
Diviner
Someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers
Specious
Plausible but false; based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
Guttural
Relating to or articulated in the throat
Voluble
Marked by a ready flow speech
Sullenness
A moody, resentful disposition; a gloomy, ill-tempered feeling
Tethered
Confined or restricted with, or as if with a rope or chain
Tremulous
(Of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear
Calamity
An event resulting in great loss and misfortune
emissary
Someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
