III - Stave IV — Vocabulary
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad — key words and definitions
Vocabulary Words from III - Stave IV
- tenebrous
- Dark, shadowy, or obscure; shrouded in darkness.
- obsequiously
- In an excessively eager or servile manner; fawning compliance.
- inexorable
- Impossible to stop or prevent; relentless and unyielding.
- sepulchral
- Relating to a tomb or burial; gloomy and dismal.
- evanescence
- The quality of vanishing or fading quickly; transience.
- impalpable
- Unable to be felt by touching; intangible or difficult to comprehend.
- inappreciable
- Too small or slight to be noticed or measured; negligible.
- satiated
- Fully satisfied or supplied to excess; surfeited.
- secular
- In this archaic usage: extremely old, existing for ages (not the modern meaning of non-religious).
- disconsolately
- In a manner showing deep unhappiness or disappointment; without comfort.
- circuitous
- Longer than the most direct way; roundabout or indirect.
- denominate
- To give a name or designation to; to call or label.
- senile
- Showing the weaknesses or characteristics of old age; mentally declining.
- commingling
- The act of mixing or blending together.
- craven
- Contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly.