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Heart of Darkness
90-word vocabulary list
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abject | Brought low in condition or status; miserable; wretched |
| Abreast | Side-by-side; also, up to date with |
| Absurd | Ridiculous; unreasonable; without meaning, order, or value |
| Aft | In or toward the stern (the rear, the back) of a vessel |
| Allude | To make an indirect reference |
| Appalling | Frightful; causing dismay |
| Aspiration | A breath; also, a hope or the object of one's hope |
| Assure | To state positively; to give confidence to |
| Atrocious | Evil; monstrous; exceptionally bad; abominable |
| Audacity | Fearless daring; bold or insolent heedlessness of restraint |
| Barbarous | Primitive; uncivilized; cruel |
| Beguile | To deceive or cheat; also, to charm or delight |
| Borne | Held up; supported; endured |
| Brood | To hover threateningly; also, to think with deep worry |
| Caravan | A company of travelers or vehicles journeying together |
| Carcass | A dead body |
| Cipher | A cryptographic letter-substitution code |
| Commingle | To mix; to become blended |
| Commonplace | Ordinary; unremarkable |
| Confound | To confuse; also, to damn |
| Contempt | Scorn; disdain; haughty hatred |
| Contorted | Twisted; bent |
| Deplorable | Worthy of condemnation; wretchedly bad |
| Desolate | Deserted; unfit for habitation; lifeless; forlorn |
| Devoted | Dedicated; feeling strong affection or attachment |
| Dusk | The darker stage of twilight; evening |
| Earnest | Showing deep sincerity or seriousness |
| Enigma | A puzzle; a riddle; anything inexplicable |
| Exalted | Noble; sublime; elevated in status |
| Exasperate | To make impatient; to annoy greatly |
| Extravagant | Lavish; profuse; exceeding reasonable bounds |
| Extremity | Outermost point; greatest degree; grave danger; also, a limb |
| Farcical | Ludicrous; ridiculous; like an empty show or mockery |
| Fusillade | Near-simultaneous discharge from a number of firearms |
| Harlequin | A buffoon; a clown |
| Helmsman | The person steering a ship |
| Idol | A false god, adored blindly or excessively |
| Immensity | The quality of being extremely large or even immeasurable |
| Impalpable | Not perceptible to the touch; intangible; difficult to grasp |
| Impenetrable | Impossible to enter; also, incomprehensible |
| Inconceivable | So unlikely as to have been thought unbelievable |
| Indistinct | Unclear; faint; dim; hazy |
| Inexorable | Incapable of persuasion; relentless; unyielding |
| Inexplicable | Difficult or impossible to explain or account for |
| Infernal | Of or relating to hell; fiendish; diabolical |
| Inscrutable | Impossible to comprehend even when investigated |
| Insoluble | Impossible to solve |
| Interminable | Endless |
| Intolerable | Unbearable |
| Invariably | Constantly; consistently; without exception |
| Lamentable | Pitiable; inspiring lament or regret |
| Languid | Lacking energy; weak; showing no spirit; listless |
| Lank | Thin and tall |
| Luminous | Emitting light; illuminated |
| Mere | Small; nothing more than what is specified |
| Ominous | Menacing; threatening; of or relating to an evil omen |
| Pensive | Deeply, dreamily thoughtful, oft. in a melancholy way |
| Philanthropic | Of or relating to charity |
| Pilgrim | A religious devotee who journeys to a shrine or sacred place |
| Placid | Calm; quiet; satisfied |
| Ponderous | Having great weight; unwieldy from weight or bulk |
| Precarious | Dangerously lacking in security or stability; subject to chance |
| Pretense | The act or pretending or falsifying; also, an outward appearance without reality |
| Primeval | Ancient; belonging to the earliest age or ages |
| Profound | Deep; beyond the superficial or the obvious; also, absolute |
| Prudence | Practical wisdom; good judgment & care about one's conduct |
| Rivet | A metal bolt hammered flat on the plain end, securing pieces of metal together |
| Rudimentary | Imperfectly developed; constructed via only basic facts |
| Rustle | To create fluttering or crackling sounds; also, to find food |
| Sake | Purpose; advantage; motive; benefit |
| Satiate | To satisfy, esp. an appetite or desire |
| Savage | A primitive, uncultivated person; a brutal, fierce person; also, wild; uncultivated; ferocious; merciless |
| Sedentary | Accustomed to sitting and taking little exercise |
| Sentiment | Opinion; view; general disposition |
| Sepulchral | Suggestive of the grave |
| Sham | Something false or empty; a deceitful imitation |
| Shudder | To vibrate or quiver from fear or revulsion |
| Snag | Part of a tree protruding above the water |
| Somber | Dark; gloomy; dismal; melancholy; serious |
| Sordid | Filthy; morally degraded or repulsive |
| Sulk | To withdraw and be emotionally distant out or resentfulness or sullenness |
| Taint | To infect; to spoil; to corrupt |
| Tawny | Light brown to brownish orange |
| Thames | The main river running through London |
| Threshold | The wood under a doorway; also, the place of beginning |
| Tranquil | Free from disturbance or anxiety; composed; steady |
| Tremor | A shaking or vibrating movement |
| Unsound | Not firm or solid; decayed or damaged; not in good condition |
| Verily | In fact; assuredly |
| Virtue | Moral excellence and righteousness; also, a particular kind of moral excellence, e.g. charity, fortitude, humility, etc. |
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eric.pavlat
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