A | B |
oculist | eye doctor |
inarticulate | adj. produced without the normal sounds of understandable speech |
intimations | N. Hints; indirect suggestions |
caricature | N. an exaggerated picture of someone |
imperious | adj. overbearing; arrogant; proud |
acute | adj. severe; intense |
vivacious | adj. lively |
voluminous | adj. large; bulky |
asperity | n. sharpness of temper; anger |
nettled | adj. to irritate |
temperance | n. moderation; self-restraint; not indulging too much |
nonpluse | adj. to bewilder or confuse |
feigned | adj. pretended; simulated; faked |
compunction | n. feeling caused by sense of guilt; remorse |
intractably | adv. stubbornly |
glower | n. an angry stare |
to disinter | v. to remove a body from its burial place |
imipassively | adv. without showing emotion; calmly; serenely |
paroxysm | n. a sudden outburst; a spasm |
audible | adj. loud enough to be heard. |
manipulates | v. handles; manages skillfully |
simultaneously | adv. at the same time |
trepidation | n. anxiety; fearful; uncertain |
consummately | adv. very skillfully |
transfixed | adj. to make motionless |
groping | adj. a form of to grope meaning to feel around with the hands |
resurrection | n. coming back to life |