Heart of Darkness Vocab

The wide part of a river where it meets the sea:

• delta
• inlet
• lagoon
• estuary

Characteristic of the rigid practice of self discipline:

• prudence

• impudence

• ascetic

• exalted

So thin as to transmit light:

• diaphanous

• obscure

• translucent

• opaque

Impressive by reason of age:

• adolescent
• venerable
• immature
• young

Someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another:

• guest
• visitor
• resident

• interloper

Shining with an unnatural red glow:

• eclipse

• lurid

• disdainful

• shimmering

Requiring sitting or little activity:

• dynamic
• energetic
• sedentary

• active

Having or showing arrogant superiority:

• sententious

• insipid

• disdainful

• despondent

A disposition to behave in a certain way:

• propensity

• lurid

• sepulcher

• rout

One who goes before you in time:

• ponderous

• explorer

• raconteur

• predecessor