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Seymour Vocab 4
LHS Seymour Vocab Unit 4
| Vocab | Definition |
|---|---|
| japery | jesting or joking talk |
| kibitzer | an outsider or nonparticipant who looks on and may offer unwanted advice |
| mnestic | of or relating to memory |
| oleaginous | characterized by smooth courteousness or sickly sentimentality |
| envisage | have a mental picture in advance of realization |
| idiopathic | arising spontaneously or from an unknown cause |
| nomographer | a writer of laws |
| opacate | make impervious to the rays of visible light |
| talaria | Hermes's winged shoes |
| somnambulant | walking while asleep |
| vinculum | a unifying bond |
| egregious | flagrant or glaringly evident |
| yeomanry | small-landed proprietors of the middle class |
| cognizant | aware; perceiving with a degree of observation |
| saturnine | possessing a moody or surly character |