ALVocab#13
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- GENUFLECT
- to bend the knee in reverence or worship
- SATIETY
- the state of being satisfied fully
- INSURGENT
- rebel(lious)
- MISANTHROPE
- hater of mankind
- DIFFIDENT
- lacking confidence in oneself
- STROPHE
- the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left
- EPIPHANY
- the sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature of something
- ARABESQUE
- an elaborate design-- a form of ornamentation in art and music
- MACABRE
- gruesome, grim, ghastly; pertaining to or representing death
- ABATEMENT
- the state of being decreased or diminished
- ANTISTROPHE
- follows a strophe and the chorus moves from left to right
- ARCHIPELAGO
- an island group
- RESTIVE
- restless
- MOIRAI
- individual destinies
- SOLICITOUS
- concerned or anxious
- GELID
- icy, very cold
- AMELIORATE
- to improve
- JAUNDICED
- distorted or prejudiced as with envy or resentment
- FASTIDIOUS
- excessively critical or demanding; characterized by excessive care
- BILIOUS
- extremely unpleasant or distasteful; relating to bile or an excess secretion of bile
- DRAYMAN
- the driver of a dray-- a strong cart for carrying heavy loads
- THRENODY
- a song, speech, poem, or lamentation, esp. for the dead
- MULATTO
- one who is of Negro and Caucasian blood
- POMPADOUR
- a hair style that is raised up in the front
- DEITY
- god
- PROLIFIC
- characterized by abundant productivity
- SLOVEN
- careless or slipshod