Vocab List #2

cacophony

• making something up

• harsh discord

• not continuous or steady

• giving off light without heat

feigning

• to make evident or certain by showing or displaying

• routine or mechanical

• showing little emotion

• making something up

intermittent

• unaware of

• not continuous or steady

• twisting the meaning of words

• to make evident

luminescent

• to make evident or certain by showing or displaying

• routine or mechanical;

• giving off light without heat

• showing little emotion

tremulous

• shaking

• showing little emotion

• to evade the point or truth by twisting the meaning of words

• a tendency or inclination toward something

quibble

• to make evident

• stopping and starting at irregular intervals

• making something up

• argue or raise objections about a trivial matter

stolid

• to evade the truth by twisting the meaning of words

• not easily excited

• a tendency or inclination toward something

• mechanical

proclivity

• a tendency or inclination toward something

• pretending

• lacking interest or enthusiasm

• easily perceived by the senses

perfunctory

• lacking interest or enthusiasm

• readily perceived by the senses and

• a tendency or inclination toward something

• quivering

oblivious

• not easily excited

• a tendency toward something

• not concerned about what is happening around one

• quivering