Summer Glossary

Summer Glossary

doleful

Woefully unhappy and miserable.

swarthy

Darky complected in a way that could equally result through genetics or through hard toil beneath the sun.

languid

Sluggish and listless in physical movement as well as emotional response.

drudgery

The kind of hard, tedious labor that when done outdoors could very well result in a swarthy complexion.

mouldered

Rotting or decaying from neglect or abandonment.

sullen

Morose and brooding with an underlying tension of hostility.

mollify

To act as peacemaker in attempt to soothe the wounds oozing with bad blood between opposing parties.

didactic

A manner of teaching a subject in which there is a deceptively ulterior motive of including moral instruction within the lesson.

acerbity

Sharply bitter in actual flavor of flood and the flavor of a person's outward manner.

penumbra

The slight dimness of partial shadow as compared to the darkness of a complete shadow.

doltish

Dimwitted and kind of slow as opposed to be competely stupid.

ramshackle

Constructed from available materials and all the more unstable and rundown because of it.

deference

A show of respect and esteem to another.

disquieting

Causing anxiety and distress in a way that is not immediatey clear or obvious.

punctilious

Conscientious and detail-oriented; meticulous and painstaking when approaching a task.

sonorous

A melodious production of sound.

discomposed

Disturbed and anxious.

doddering

Old and on the verge of senility.

draught

A rush of wind or blown air.

unwonted

Uncharacteristic and unusual.

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