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vampire dreams
vocabulary related to vampire dreams
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hematology | study of blood or blood-forming organs |
| railed | complained angrily |
| ballad | love song or other simple song |
| feral | wild or untamed |
| obfuscation | concealment |
| patronizing | condescending or belittling |
| ignominious | humiliating |
| quandry | dilemma |
| calamity | disaster |
| malediction | curse |
| unctuous | fatty, oily |
| genially | warmly or graciously |
| nebulous | vague |
| banal | ordinary or predictable |
| facile | simplistic |
| fastidiously | carefully or delicately |
| fatuous | stupid or childish |
| debunk | expose as untrue |
| salve | soothe or heal |
| winsome | pleasant |
| obsequiously | in an overly flattering or polite manner |
| couture | high fashion |
| vehemence | intensity |
| temerity | boldness or brashness |
| debauched | seduced, corrupted |
| immutable | unchanging |
| duster | a long coat |
| untenable | invalid or incorrect |
| veneer | mask or guise |
| felictously | pleasantly |
| manifest | visible or apparent |
| manifold | numerous or various |
| razed | destroyed |
| sanctimoniousness | false respect |
| abide | put up with |
| lurid | shocking or vivid |
| wistful | thoughtful or sad |
| battery | set or series |
| angular | lean or bony |
| maverick | rebel |
| recalcitrant | defiant, resisting authority |
| utilitarian | functional, useful |
| effulgent | bright or beaming |
| obstreperous | unruly |
| ethereal | otherworldly |
| yoke | burden |
| recapitulated | summed up |
| abjure | reject |
| maudlin | weepy or overemotional |
| prostate | horizontal |
| officious | impertinent |
| obtuse | stupid or simpleminded |
| fickle | unpredictable or unreliable |
| scurrilous | vulgar or offensive |
| mawkish | overemotional |
| nominal | small or insignificant |
| vestiges | traces or remnants |
| imputing | accusing or blaming |
| onerous | difficult |
| impertinent | impolite or disrespectful |
| capriciously | impulsively or without thought |
| rectitude | goodness or morality |
| abnegation | self-denial |
| opulent | fancy or lavish |
| torpid | lazy |
| abrogated | undone or canceled |
| seminal | formative or decisive |
| indoctrinated | taught the fundamentals |
| tractable | obedient |
| blandishments | flattering words |
| licentous | immoral |
| scrupulous | moral or proper |
| paucity | lack or small amount of |
| redoubtable | fearsome or mighty |
| implement | tool or instrument |
| overwrought | emotional or overexicited |
| catalyzed | inspired (to action or activity) |
| caucus | group |
| acceded | agreed or admitted |
| elegy | funeral poem or song |
| impassive | emotionless |
| contemptuously | sneeringly or mockingly |
| remedial | corrective |
| iniquity | sin or evil |
| ingenuous | innocent |
| dubiously | doubtfully |
| accord | harmony, shared purpose |
| remiss | careless or negligent |
| transmute | change |
| perspicacity | wisdom or perceptiveness |
| forbearance | patience |
| empirical | experimental ro factual |
| circumspect | cautious or guarded |
| emote | show emotion |
| derisively | scornfully ro mockingly |
| petulant | irritable or bad-tempered |
| forestall | prevent or avoid |
| stately | regal ro dignified |
| despondent | miserable or pessimistic |
| cleave | stick |
| souble | explainable |
| despoil | ruin, remove everything or value from |
| colossus | something very large |
| insolence | rudeness or disrespect |
| rococo | excessively ornate |
| incarnate | in material form |
| bedecked | decorated |
| forthright | direct or upfront |
| forlorn | sad or unhappy |
| abounded | filled or overloaded |
| pragmatic | practical |
| trenchant | effective or articulate |
| polemical | controversial or argumentative |
| reprehensible | wrong or guilty |
| potentate | monarch or ruler |
| intimating | indicating or hinting |
| sedate | uruffled |
| disaffected | discontented or rebellious |
| reproving | dissapproving |
| proclivities | tendencies ro leanings |
| burnished | polished |
| probity | goodness |
| intrepidity | daring or fearlessness |
| intransigent | stubborn or inflexible |
| stoically | patiently or emotionessly |
| promulgate | make known announce |
| profligate | decadent or extravagant |
| propensity | liking or fondness |
| inveterate | confirmed |
| propiety | good manners |
| relinguish | give up |
| discretion | good judgement |
| prowess | skill or power |
| domicile | dwelling or home |
| consign | commit |
| mores | moral beliefs |
| constituent | component |
| demarcated | defined or marked out |
| quailed | shied away |
| bodega | grocery store |
| turgid | dull |
| disparage | mock or ridicule |
| sublime | magnificent or inspirational |
| pulchritude | physical beauty |
| resolute | firm or steadfast |
| contentious | touchy or controvesial |
| assertions | statements or claims |
| twart | put a stop to |
| evinced | displayed |
| turpitude | immorality or baseness |
| punitive | punishing |
| formidable | fearsome or imposing |
| exemplary | excellent |
| tempered | balanced or moderated |
| perfidious | disloyal |
| incontrovertible | solid or unquestionable |
| exult | rejoice or take pride |
| inexorable | unstoppable |
| pertinacious | persistent |
| preternatural | exceeding what in natural |
| unassailable | invincible |
Created by:
johne331
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