Vocabulary Quiz #4 Flashcards
Jovial
Cheerful and friendly
Perfunctory
Careless; in a routine fashion
“‘Good’ she said with a perfunctory nod, as if her heart weren’t still pumping triple time.” - the prison healer
Flue
An outlet for smoke or heat
Disengaged
Disconnected, seperate
Boisterous
Rough and noisy
Interminably
Endlessly
Jaunt
A short excursion for pleasure
Petulantly
Ill tempered, impatient
“Teenage petulance” - down bad
Soberly
In a solemn manner
Veldt
African grasslands
Illusion
A false impression
Neurotic
Emotionally unstable
“I have no patience with the modern neurotic girl…” - murder on the links
Insufferable
Intolerable
“You’re insufferable.”
“And yet you’re still here.”
-powerless
Instinctively
Done without thinking- an inner feeling
Paraphernalia
Personal belongings regarding a certain topic
Tapestry
Decretive wall hanging
Telepathic
Capable of transmitting thoughts to other people- physic
Profusely
Generously
Conjure
To bring into existence
Daintily
With delicate beauty or care
Interperse
To distribute in between
Gravely
Seriously, solemnly
Exquisite
Beautifully made, special
“You don’t look nice… you look exquisite. You are exquisite.” - jaren from the gilded cage
Bemused
Confused, bewildered
“Don’t be bemused it’s just the news” -miraculous
Emanations
Something that comes forth from a source
Liberty
The state of being free
Reprimands
Criticism
Surveying
Examining
Reluctantly
Hesitant, unwilling
Contemplating
Think for a long time about
Sedative
Promoting sleep
Subsided
Become less intense
“The fire would burn out and all the storm clouds would subside” -stranger Olivia rodrigo
Persecuted
To harass
Preceded
To come before
Sensitize
To make something sensitive
Conceive
To begin or imagine
Preoccupied
Already occupied
Seeping
To enter slowly