Vocabulary List 1
- hulking: large, heavy or clumsy
- snobbishly: behaving a a superior way because you think you're better
- accentuated: to make more noticeable, prominent
- infinitesimal: extremely small
- levity: humor or frivolity, treating a serious matter in a manner that lacks respect
- peremptorily: in a manner that demands immediate attention
- feigned: simulated, pretended
- contemptuous: the feeling that a person or thing is beneath consideration
- exempt: lack of obligation,
- veranda: roofed platform outside a house, fancy porch?
- reciprocal: given felt or done in return
- corroborated: confirm or give support to a statement or finding
- extemporizing: to improvize
- inflection: change in pitch or tone of voice
- pessimist: person who tends to the see the worst aspect of things
- cynical: believing that people are motivated by self-interest
- skeptical: not easily convinced, havingdoubts or reservations
- riotous: wild and uncontrolled behavior
- crimson: Dark red color
- verdant: green with grass or rich vegetation
- fervent: having or displaying passionate intensity
- hauteur: snobbishness, disdainful pride
- supercilious: arrogant
- gruff: abrupt or taciturn in manner, quiet and grumpy
- swank: behavior or talk that is intended to impress, swanky