World Literature Vocabulary #3

marred

• injured; spoiled; damaged; disfigured.

• insecurity

• creating chaos

nonchalance

• to take chances

• carelessness; lack of interest or concern.

• to display sympathy

obscure

• not clear or distinct; hidden; remote; not well known.

• not easily seen

• to be difficult

painstaking

• the act of callousness

• to behave haphazardly

• very careful, diligent.

abstract

• inaccurate information

• a complicated situation

• theoretical, not applied or practical; not concrete; hard to understand.

bizarre

• strikingly odd in appearance or style; grotesque.

• stretching the truth

• to behave disrespectfully

cajole

• to persuade by pleasant words or false promises.

• to apply pressure

• to show favoritism

efface

• to seek attention

• to wipe out; to erase

• to act surprised

fastidious

• to show happiness.

• hard to please; dainty in taste.

• to reason with someone

garner

• to cause separation

• to display kindness

• to gather and store away; to collect.