II - Stave V — Vocabulary
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad — key words and definitions
Vocabulary Words from II - Stave V
- vivaciously
- In an attractively lively and animated manner.
- despondency
- A state of low spirits caused by loss of hope or courage; deep dejection.
- exaltation
- A feeling of intense happiness or elation; rapturous excitement.
- gabbled
- Talked rapidly and unintelligibly; chattered in an excited, incoherent way.
- ecstatically
- In a manner showing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement.
- reproachful
- Expressing disapproval or disappointment.
- reconciled
- Restored to friendly relations after an estrangement or disagreement.
- arch-priest
- A chief priest; in the Russian Orthodox tradition, a senior priest of high rank.
- cipher
- A secret or coded way of writing; an encryption system.
- shamefacedly
- In a manner showing feelings of shame or embarrassment.
- pilgrims
- In Heart of Darkness, Marlow's ironic term for the company agents at the station, mocking their devotion to ivory.
- narrated
- Told a story or gave an account of events in detail.
- hind-leg
- A rear leg of an animal; used in the idiom "talk the hind-leg off" meaning to talk exhaustively.
- solemn
- Formal and dignified; deeply earnest and serious.