Fiction Lit. Circle VOCAB. Part I

a short period of activity; a spell or stint

• relent

• futile

• frivolous

• bout

to cause to become stuck; bogged down, embroiled

• berate

• mired

• furtive

• harried

to abandon or cease to resist; give in, back down, ease up

• relent

• eviscerate

• catharsis

• rueful

disturbing or horrifying because of involvement with death; gruesome, gory

• vilify

• macabre

• eviscerate

• obsolete

feeling strained as a result of having persistent demands; stressed, harassed

• mired

• irrevocable

• harried

• futile

compensation for injury or loss; restoration, replacement

• restitution

• constituent

• derision

• pallor

made dull, apathetic, or cynical due to experience; lacking enthusiasm, bored

• unrequited

• derision

• aloof

• jaded

to search something carefully and thoroughly; comb through, explore

• scour

• frivolous

• loquacious

• berate

cool, distant, unapproachable; distant, detached

• furtive

• mired

• aloof

• loaquacious

to speak or write about in a disparaging manner; to make into a villain, defame

• berate

• skeptical

• unrequited

• vilify