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GG - Ch 8-9
Ch 8-9 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| humidor | a container or storage room for cigars |
| indiscernible | cannot be seen or perceived clearly |
| settee | a seat for two or more persons |
| in cahoots | in league with |
| divot | a peace of turn dug out of a lawn or fairway |
| garrulous | excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner |
| incoherent | not sensible, or said clearly enough to be understood |
| conceivable | imaginable, believable |
| forlorn | sad, hopeless, pitiful, and/or abandoned |
| laden | burdened; loaded down |
| pasquinade | a satire or lampoon, esp. one posted in a public place |
| derange | mentally imbalanced |
| surmise | a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence |
| superflous | more than was needed |
| elocution | a persons manner of speaking or reading aloud in public |
| unutterable | unspeakable; beyond expression |
| subtle | not obvious, but understandable by someone with adequate sensitivity and relevant knowledge |
| orgastic | a future of potential or promise, of things that have yet to be denied |
| borne | carried |
| ceaselessly | continuously, enlessly |