Chapter 4: Who Has Won to Mastership — Vocabulary

Vocabulary Words from Chapter 4: Who Has Won to Mastership

obdurate (adjective)

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.

coveted (adjective)

Greatly desired or envied, yearned to possess.

celerity (noun)

Swiftness of movement; speed.

lugubriously (adverb)

In a mournful, sad, or dismal manner.

morose (adjective)

Sullen, gloomy, and ill-tempered.

forevalued (verb)

Estimated the value of beforehand; appraised in advance.

resiliency (noun)

The quality of being able to spring back quickly; elasticity and adaptability.

deluged (verb)

Overwhelmed with a great quantity; flooded.

fivescore (noun)

One hundred (five times twenty).

atavism (noun)

The reappearance of ancestral characteristics that had been absent in recent generations; a reversion to an earlier evolutionary type.

convulsive (adjective)

Producing or characterized by violent, involuntary muscular contractions.

solidarity (noun)

Unity or agreement of feeling or action among a group.

suppressed (adjective)

Restrained or held back; kept from being expressed openly.

primeval (adjective)

Of or relating to the earliest ages; ancient and primitive.

breastband (noun)

A strap across the chest of a draft animal, used to distribute the pulling force of the harness.