definitions
(adjective): beset, surrounded, or overburdened by troubles.
what is BELEAGURED?
(noun): the condition of being unknown
what is OBSCURITY?
"but also because he knows from experience the ____ Zeena think he was in funds on the eve of one of her therapeutic excursions."
what is IMPRUDENCE?
care, or precision
what is SCRUPULOUSLY?
vulgar
(adjective): characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste; indecent; obscene; lewd.
(adverb): in a way that shows contemp or scorn
what is CONSPICUOUSLY?
(adverb): expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful
what is PLAINTIVELY?
"When his wife first proposed that they should give Mattie an occasional evening out he had inwardly ____ at having to do the extra two miles to the village and back after his hard day on the farm;"
what is DEMURRED?
fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre
what is GROTESQUELY?
capitulating
(adjective): to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms; to give up resistance.
(adjective): not straight or direct, as a course
what is OBLIQUE?
( adjective): friendly, agreeable; found of feasting, drinking and merry company; jovial
what is CONVIVIAL?
" Just as they started he heard the sorrel's shinny again, and the familiar _____ call, and all the confused images it brought with it, went with him down the first reach of the road."
what is WISTFUL?
continually
what is PERPETUALLY?
reverberate
(verb): to reecho or resound; to be reflected many times, as sound waves from the walls of a confined space
(adjective): not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical
what is INCREDULOUS?
(noun): wealth, riches, or affluence; abundance, as of resources or goods; plenty
what is OPULENCE?
"Ethan made a _____ of getting up to replenish the stove, and when he returned to his seat he pushed it sideways that he might get a view of her profile and of the lamplight falling on her hands."
what is PRETEXT?
unreal; imaginary
what is FANCIED?
intangible
( adjective): not tangible; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch, as incorporeal or immaterial things; impalpable
(adverb): in a way that lacks vitality or energy; lazily; in a way that lacks spirit or interest.
what is LANGUIDLY?
(adjective): animated, vivacious, effervescent
what is SCINTILLATING?
"Ethan smiled at the ______ he had caused."
what is DISCOMPFITURE?
hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable
what is DISCONSOLATELY?
forebodings
( noun): a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.; presentiment