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TEWWG Vocab

Their Eyes Were Watching God Vocabulary Words

QuestionAnswer
Sodden Soaked With liquid
Pugnacious Inclined to quarrel or fight readily
Desecrating to divert from a sacred to a profane use or purpose
Languid lacking in vigor or vitality
Boisterous Rough and noisy
Temerity Reckless boldness
dolful sorrowful
coquerty flirtation
fractious unruly; readily angered
usurper to seize and hold by force and without legal right
Ostentatioiusly characterized by or give to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others
scimitars a curved, single-edged sword or oriental origin
flivvers a small inexpensive and old automobile; something unsatisfactory
phosphorescent the property of being luminous; glow in the dark
jook slang for juke, joint, or bar
transient not lasting, enduring or permanent; lasting only a short time
stolid not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional
peart lively; brisk; cheerful
monstropulous hyperbole invented by hurston; extension of monstrous
diasticutis slang for butt
sauntered to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll
sanctum a sacred place
prostrating to cast oneself face down in humility
promontories a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the line of coast
flommuck slang for flummox, which means to bewilder, confound, confuse
temporized to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting
sankled combination of ambled and sank; similar to
desolation devestation, ruin; dreariness; barrenness
fissures a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts
supplication humble prayer, entreaty or petition
Created by: jbman88
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