Joyce & Fitzgerald Vocabulary
Jan 17, 2014 by Kelly in Labels:

Detached - having no wall in common with another building.
Imperturbable - incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm
Feeble - lacking in force, strength, or effectiveness.
Diverged - to move, lie, or extend in different directions from a common point.
Litanies - any long or tedious speech or recital.
Chalice - a drinking cup or goblet.
Incessant - continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending.
Curtly - rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner.
Indistinct - not clearly distinguishable or perceptible, as to the eye, ear, or mind.
Garrulous - excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.
Latchkey - a key for an outside door or gate, esp one that lifts a latch
Pervades - to become spread throughout all parts of.
Portentous - marvelous; amazing; prodigious.
Francs – French money.
Dandy - a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
Strident - having a shrill, irritating quality or character.
Provincial - having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc., considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal; parochial.
Feigned - pretended; sham; counterfeit.
Antipathy - an object of natural aversion or habitual dislike.
Vehemently - strongly emotional; intense or passionate.
Judicious - having, exercising, or characterized by good or discriminating judgment; wise, sensible, or well-advised.
Colloquial - characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.
Squandered - to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully.
Sustenance - means of sustaining life; nourishment.

Radically - thoroughly; completely; fundamentally

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