Level 1 Vocab
to fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear
appalled
an ancient military engine for hurling stones, arrows; a slingshot
catapulted
a discerning judge of the best in any field
connoisseur
to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn
disdain
the accomplishment of or ability to accomplish a job with a minimum expenditure of time and effort
efficiency
calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled
serene
the open country, bearing grass, bushes, or shrubs, or thinly forested, characteristic of parts of southern Africa
veldt
characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning
wistful
vibratory, shaking, or quivering
tremulous
energetic; forceful
vigorous
not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable
insufferable
to send forth; emit
emanate
to avoid doing or fulfilling
evasively
to be in its or in one's prime; be at the height of fame, excellence, influence
flourish
easily impressed or influenced; susceptible
impressionable
feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints
neurotic
baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others
paranoia
to annoy or trouble persistently
persecuted
to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw
recede
a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water
ravine