Question | Answer |
chronicled | v. to record in or as if in a chronicle;list |
intractability | n. unruliness; obstinacy. (not easily governed) |
husbandry | n. the cultivation or production of plants and animals |
hypocrisy | n. a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not |
reprove | vt. to scold or correct, usually gently or with kindly intent |
riveted | vt. to fasten with or as if with rivets; to fasten firmly |
litany | n. a resonant or repetitive chant; list |
sullen | adj. gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed; dismal |
incite | vt. to move to action; stir up; spur on; urge on |
transcended | vt. to rise above or go beyond the limits of; to triumph over the negative aspects of;overcome |
transgressions | n. the exceeding of due bounds or limits; violation of law |
injunctions | n.a command or order; a court order prohibiting a party a specific course of action |
cachet | n. an indication of approal carrying great prestige; prestige |
austere | adj. stern and cold in apperance or manner; somber, grave, ascetic, uadorned |
jeered | v. taunt; laugh at with contempt and derision |
pungent | adj. sharp or biting, especially in taste or smell |
pursed | vt. pucker; contract one's lips into a rounded shape |
striated | n. a minute groove, scratch, or channel esp. one of parallel series |
dissipated | vt. to break up and drive off; to cause to spread thin or scatter and gradually vanish |
distraught | adj. agitated with doubt or mental conflict |
guffawed | vi. laugh boisterously |
brusquely | adj. marked short and abrupt; blunt in manner or speech |
gingerly | adj./adv. very cautiously or careful |
imperialist | n. one who advocates extending the power and dominion of a nation esp. by direct territorial acquisistion or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas |
goad | vt. to prod or uge as if with a goad or stick |
exasperate | vt. to excite the anger of; enrage; to cause irritation or annoyance to |
compensated | vt. to make an appropriate payment to; to neutralize the effect of |
receded | vi. to move back or away; withdraw; diminish; decrease |
labyrinth | n. a place constructed of intricate passageways and blind alleys; a maze formed by paths separated by high hedges; sinetgubg extremely complex in structure |
exhorted | vt. to incite by argument or advice; urge strongly vi. to give warnings or advice |
opulent | adj. sumptuous, luxurious; n. wealth, affluence, abundance |
mesmerize | vt. hypnotise; spellbind |
cadences | n. a rhythmic sequence or flow of sounds in language; the beat time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
ominous | adj. being or exhibiting an omen; portentous; foreboding or foreshadowing evil |
vigilance | n. attentiveness; paying close and continous attention |
avert | vt. to turn away or asaide in annoyance |
charlatans | n. a deceiver; one who attracts customer w/ tricks or jokes |
inhibited | adj. held back, restrained or prevented |
infallible | adj. incapable of failure or error |
impertinent | adj. improperly forward or bold |
precocious | adj. appearing, developing or maturing early |
relinquish | vt. giveup; yeild; release |
imperceptible | adj. impossible or difficult to percieve by the mind or senses |
euphemisms | n. an inoffensive expression that is substitutied for one that is considered offensive |
obliterate | vt. to make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or wearing away; to remove utterly from recognition or memory; to remove from existance; destroy utterly all trace, indication, or significance of |
impropriety | n. improper behavior or character |
ingenuousness | n. openly straightforward or frank; the quality of innocent naivete |
sequestered | vt. to set apart; segregate; seclude; isolate |
enthralled | vt. to enchant, charm, or hold spellbound |
palpable | adj. capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind; esp. capable of being handled, touched, or felt |
morose | adj. showing a brooding ill humor; sullen; gloomy |
diminish | vt. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; decrease in size, extent or range |
disfigure | vt. to mar or spoil the appearance of |
grimace | n. a contorted facial expression, usually of digust, disapproval, or pain |
inscrutable | adj. difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious |
inducement | n. a motive or consideration that leads one to action |
dour | adj. silently ill-humored; gloomy; sternly obstinate; unyielding |
dishevelled | adj. in disarray; rumpled |
furtive | adj. quietly cautions and secretive; sly; stealthy; sneaky |
incoherent | adj. unable to think or express one's thoughts clearly, fluently, or logically |
facade | the front of a building; an artificial or deceptive front or appearance |
breach | vt. to make a hole or gap in; break through |
proclivity | n. a natural inclination; tendency |
impeccably | adj. faultless; flawless; perfect |