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vocabulary english words

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Term
Definition
motif   A recurring theme  
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Eccentric   Covert, sly, secretly  
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3rd person omniseient   using "he/she" to tell what the character is thinking: "he thought..."  
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imply   To indicate or suggest  
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martyred   A person who endures great suffering for a belief  
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enmity   A feeling of hostility; hatred  
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mortification   Humiliation or shame, injured pride  
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infer   To derive by reasoning  
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ebullience   exhilaration, high spirits  
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furtive   irregular, erratic, peculiar, or odd  
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indignation   Strong displeasure at something unjust  
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direct characterization   tells audience personality of character  
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compelled   To force or drive to a course of action  
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mime   portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures  
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strident   harsh sound, grating  
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hiatus   a break in work  
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errant   straying from the proper course  
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tumult   violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob  
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inscrutable   impossible to understand or interpret  
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seductive   tempting and attractive, enticing  
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vicissitudes   a change of circumstances or fortune  
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compulsion   the action or state of forcing or being forced to do something  
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opaque   not able to be seen through, not transporant  
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declivities   a downward slope  
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rapt   completely fascinated by what one is seeing or hearing  
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tacit   understood or implied without being stated  
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perceptible   able to be seen or noticed  
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riotous   marked by or involving public disorder  
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blatant   (of bad behavior) done openly and unashamedly  
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belligerence   aggressive or warlike behavior  
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chastisement   the act of scolding or punishing someone  
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impalpable   unable to be felt by touch  
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myriad   a countless or extremely great number  
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appalled   greatly dismay or horrify  
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malevolent   having or showing a wish to do evil to others  
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ravenous   extremely hungry  
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imagery   visually descriptive or figurative language  
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jeer   speaking in a rude manner  
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decorum   dignified behavior  
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ludicrous   so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous.  
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lament   to feel or express, regret  
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reverence   deep respect for someone or something.  
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