vocab 14
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- moirai
- n.pl. individual destinies
- deity
- n. god
- pompadour
- n, a hair style that is raised up in the front
- macabre
- adj. gruesome, grim, ghastly; pertaining to or representing death
- diffident
- adj. lacking confidnece in oneself
- drayman
- n. the driver of a dray -- a strong cart for carrying heavy loads
- insurgent
- n. or adj. a rebel
- prolific
- adj. characterized by abundant productivity
- restive
- adj. restless
- arabesque
- n. an elaborate design - a form of ornamentation in art and music
- jaundiced
- adj. distorted or prejudiced as with envy or resentment
- fastidious
- adj. excessively critical or demanding; characterized by excessive care
- gelid
- adj. icy very cold
- genuflect
- v. to bend the knee in reverence or worship
- misanthrope
- n. hater of mankind
- threnody
- n a song, speech, poem, or lamentation esp. for hte dead
- strophe
- n. the part of an ancient Greek Chorual ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left ( used in plays of sophocles and other dramatics)
- abatement
- n. the state of being decreased or diminished
- satiety
- n. the state of being satisfied fully
- bilious
- adj. extremely unpleasant or distasteful; relating to bile or an excess secretion of bile
- sloven
- adj. or n. careless or slipshod
- mulatto
- n. a person who's racial ancestry is mixed negro and caucasian
- ameliorate
- v. to improve
- solicitous
- adj. concerned or anxious
- archipelago
- n. an island group
- epiphany
- n. the sudden manifestatoin or perception of the essential nature of something