English: vocab.
the hard words from short stories, Their Eyes, and Frankenstein
Terms
undefined, object
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- temerity
- (noun) foolhardy disregard for danger; rashness
- dissolution
- (noun) decomposition, disintegration, indulgence in sexual pleasure
- galvanism
- (noun) the production of electricity through chemical reactions
- groveling
- (adj.) servile, subservient, lowly
- brindled
- (adj.) of brownish-grey, tawny color
- sublime
- (adj./noun) of awe-inspiring beauty; lofty
- prolixity
- (noun)the quality of being tediously lengthy, using too many words, loquacity
- rapacious
- (adj.) aggressively greedy, voracious
- stolid
- (noun) immoveable, impassive, emotionless
- fractious
- (adj.) inclined to make trouble, unruly, cantankerous
- congenial
- (adj.) harmonious, of pleasant disposition, sharing the same tastes or habits
- insensate
- (adj.) lacking sense, power, or reason; foolish, witless, unfeeling
- corroborate
- (verb) to strengthen, confirm, or support with evidence
- incorporate
- (verb) to join or unify into a single legal body
- importunate
- (adj.) troublesomely urgent, persistent
- impertinence
- (noun) the quality or condition of being unmannerly, insolent, intruding, or saucy