DEAD STARS: VOCABULARY WORDS

VOCABULARY WORDS

• dappled - spotted with different color

• perfervid - extremely passionate or enthusiastic, ardent

• insipid - dull, uninteresting, flavorless

• tumultuous - noisy and unrestrained, confused and agitated

• haste - great speed, urgency
  

• deluded - lead into false belief

• relish - interest, excitement, enjoyment

• spurt - sudden burst of energy

• indolence - laziness, painless and slow to change

• recalcitrant - disobedient, hard to do or handl

• exuberant - full of enthusiasm

• wayward - unpredictable, stubborn

• shrivelled - weakened

• currying - to use flattery

• shrug - to draw up as a sign of doubt

• derided - imitated

• austere - plain and without luxury

• plump - well filled or rounded in form

• desultory - random, passing from one thing to another

• hammock - hanging bed

• poignantly - causing sadness or pity

• ebbing - recede from shore, tidal movement away from land

• piquant - stimulating or provocative

• evasive - avoid sharplying an issue, avoiding trouble

• perversely - inexplicably irrational, stubbornly unreasonable

• woo - seek woman's love

• solace - relief from emotional distress, source of comfort

• encumbrances - burden or hindrance

• devout - very sincere

• repose - restlessness, serenity

• winnowing - remove chaff from grain, examine something to remove bad parts

• nuances - subtle difference

• bewilderness - confuse somebody

• obstinately - stubborn, difficult to control, refusing to change

• filigrees - lacy metal ornamentation, delicate work

• forlornly - lonely and miserable, desolate, hopeless

• resonant - echoing

• verge - margin

• vantage - advantageous position

• prosaicalness - straightforward, lacking imagination

• melancholy - a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.

• cot - a narrow, collapsible bed, as one made of canvas or plastic sheeting on a frame that can be folded up,a small shelter,a covering or sheath, as for a hurt finger

• sober - marked by sedate or gravely or earnestly thoughtful character or demeanor, marked by temperance, moderation, or seriousness, showing no excessive or extreme qualities of fancy, emotion, or prejudice

• lugubriously - mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.

• sundry - various, miscellaneous

• athwart - from side to side, crosswise or transversely, so as to thwart, obstruct, or oppose; perversely.
  
  
  
• heed - to give consideration or attention to

• capitulation - the act of surrendering or yielding

• baffled - to defeat or check (as a person) by confusing or puzzling, to check or break the force or flow of by or as if by a baffle

• sinuous - of a serpentine or wavy form, marked by strong lithe movements

• unvexed - not to make angry or annoyed by little provocations

• exasperation - the act or an instance of exasperating,the state of being exasperated, frustrated annoyance

• goaded - to prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick.

• disdain - a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior

• tumult - disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices , violent agitation of mind or feelings

• dingy - darkened with smoke and grime ,dirty or discolored, shabby, drab, or squalid

• absurdities - the condition or state in which humans exist in a meaningless, irrational universe wherein people's lives have no purpose or meaning

• fastidious - having high and often capricious standards, difficult to please, showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care, reflecting a meticulous, sensitive, or demanding attitude
  

• resentment - a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury

• indignant - showing anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong

• wistful - full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy

• reverted - to return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief

• circuitous - not being forthright or direct in language or action

• vague - not clearly expressed, stated in indefinite terms , not having a precise meaning not clearly defined, grasped, or understood,not clearly felt or sensed, somewhat subconscious not thinking or expressing one's thoughts clearly or precisely

• gaily - in a lively manner, cheerfully
  
  
  
• placidity - serenely free of interruption or disturbance

• tarred - to smear or cover with or as if with any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood
  
  
  
• tardy - late,behind time,not on time, moving or acting slowly, delaying through reluctance.

• porches - a structure attached to a building, forming a covered entrance to a vestibule or doorway.

• drawled - to speak slowly with vowels greatly prolonged,to utter in a slow lengthened tone

• tinkled - to make light metallic sounds, as those of a small bell.

• lurking - to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose, to move furtively or inconspicuously, to persist in staying to, to be concealed but capable of being discovered

• trodden - to set down the foot; step, to press, crush, or injure something by or as if by trampling.

• averred - to verify or prove to be true in pleading a cause , to allege or assert in pleading

• devout - devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises, expressing devotion or piety devout attitude, devoted to a pursuit, belief, or mode of behavior

• encroached - to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another , to advance beyond the usual or proper limits

• belfry - a part of tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church.