WorksheetsHeart of Darkness Vocab
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 30mins
The wide part of a river where it meets the sea:
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:
Someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another:
resident
interloper
Shining with an unnatural red glow:
eclipse
lurid
disdainful
shimmering
Requiring sitting or little activity:
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
A chamber that is used as a grave:
tomb
sepulcher
Having great mass and weight and unwieldiness:
tiny
massive
ponderous
Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned:
desolation
contentment
sorrow
The appearance conveyed by a person's face:
demeanor
Abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing:
Lacking interest or significance or impact:
insipid
Lacking spirit or liveliness:
languid
Excessively mournful:
sorrowful
solemn
Showing a brooding ill humor:
morose
sullen
A downward slope or bend:
declivity
ramp
Without or almost without hope:
desperate
pessimistic
solemn
despondent
Liveliness and eagerness:
alacrity
vivacity
apathy
Knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress:
ignoring
rapacious
prudence
diehard
Of high moral or intellectual value:
exalted
vice
Excessively greedy and grasping:
selfish
rapacious
greedy
Beguiling but harmful:
tempting
insidious
seductive
Not restrained or controlled:
constructed
restricted
wanton
Being on the point of death:
sickly
moribund
virtuous
Make peace with:
apologize
propitiate
disgusted
surrender
Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste:
uneducated
uncouth
Marked by a ready flow of speech:
fiery
reserved
voluble
Difficult or impossible to understand:
mystery
inscrutable
An overwhelming defeat:
slight
setback
crushing
rout
The trait of being rude and impertinent:
insolence
moronic
prudence
Having or showing arrogant superiority:
arrogance
bold
supercilious
Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear:
clarify
prevaricate
explain
obfuscate
Done with very great haste and without due deliberation:
controlling
precipitate
rushed
Produced or growing in extreme abundance:
scarce
exuberant
Immoderately greedy and selfish:
sordid
spoiled
Pretentious or showy or vulgar display:
