Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Vocabulary Term Flashcards

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Sodden
Soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated
Pugnacious
Inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent;combatative
Desecrating
To divert from a sacred to a profane use or purpose; to treat with sacrilege; profane
Languid
Lacking in vigor or vitality; lacking in spirit or interest
Boisterous(ly)
Rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained
Temerity
Reckless boldness; rashness
Doleful(ly)
Sorrowful; mournful; melancholy (sad baby)
Coquetry
Flirtation (jersey shore)
Fractious
Unruly; readily; angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome
Usurper
To sieze and hold by force and without legal right; to use without authority or right
Ostentatiously
Characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in attempt to impress others; attended to attract notice
Scimitars
A curved single edge sword of oriental origin
Flivvers
An automobileespecially one that is small inexpesive and old; something of unsatisfactory quality or inferior grade
Phospherescent
Glow in the dark
Jook
Slang for juke joint; bar