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Vocab 21 - 25 Oliver
Oliver
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sombre | sober, dull, or dark |
| Precipitation | to cause |
| Recumbent | leaning, resting; lying down |
| Imperiously | befitting or characteristic of one of eminent rank or attainments |
| Complacency | satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies satisfied or accepting of |
| Solace | Comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness |
| Equanimity | Mental calmness, |
| Impropriety | Not proper behavior |
| Concurrence | Accordance in opinion; in agreement |
| Vivaciously | Attractively lively and animated |
| Efficacy | is the capacity to produce an effect |
| Asperity | Roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate |
| Perusal | The action of reading or examining something |
| Sallow | of an unhealthy pale or yellowish colour |
| Denizens | An inhabitant; a resident: |
| Bereft | Lacking something needed or expected |
| Demeanor | outward conduct; behavior; deportment. 2. facial appearance; |
| Profligacy | reckless extravagance. great abundance. |
| Reciprocated | Respond to (a gesture or action) by making a corresponding one |
| Conciliatory | Intended or likely to placate or pacify |
| Obstinacy | stubbornness: the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome |
| Languidly | Lacking energy or vitality |
| Peremptory | leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative |
| Stealthily | Marked by or acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy |
| Tumultuously | Characterized by tumult; noisy and disorderly+ |