Vocabulary for West With The Night

Camaraderie: a fellowship among people who both respect and tease one another.

Indomitable: People who refuse to be overcome and continue to pass their traditions on regardless of external pressures.

Exultant: triumphant and overcoming.

Maelstrom: A violent cloud of confusion.

Tractable: easily controlled as a source of labor.

Ubiquitous: Omnipresent throughout the area.

Trepidation: Apprehension or fear.

Phobia: an intense fear or dislike of something.

Impending: About to take place.

Inevitable delirium: A state of mental confusion resulting from high fever that is unavoidable.

Tedious: Long or dull.

Nebulous: lacking form or specific character.

Considerate: having regard for the needs of others.

Bedraggled: limp and ragged in appearance.

Harbour: provide a habitat for.

Benison: a blessing or resource.

Effusions: Outpouring of feeling or opinion.

Persistence: Tenacious or repetitive.

Cartographers: mapmakers

Malicious: with intent to harm or hurt.

Disconcerting: Not assuring, to throw into confusion.

Intuitive: knowing by instinct.

Undulating: a sillouette of a landform or prominent feature.

Melodramatic: Exaggeratedly emotional.

Pirouettes: A type of turn in Ballet.

Ambiguity: A mystery or question.

Succulence: Meat that possesses a juicy and fleshy quality.

Penchant: inclination or predisposition for certain actions.

Resolve: A decision or want.

Dictum: A saying.

Ponderous: Having weight and thought.

Proletariat: The working class.

Fortified: ensured by security.

Urchin: a street beggar.

Enraptured: filled with delight.

Pathos: Something that creates an emotion.

Wistfulness: sadness and yearning for something.

Imperious: domineering, powerful.

Indignant: anger at an injustice.

Ensued: Something that begins in response to an action.

Fishwives: Abusive and angry women.

Refutation: Rebellion against truth.

Tribute: A deserved treat or payment.

Pampered: To be indulged.

Menacing: In threatening pursuit.

Invested: Surrounded and followed.

Prodigal: A son who returns home after wasting his money and leaving his family.

Incongruity: Possessing illogical impossible qualities.

Opaque: Not able to be seen through.

Arid: Dry or parched.

Incongruous: Impossible.

Perfidy: Breach of faith.

Futile: No useful result.

Providentially: Having to do with fate.

Harried: Disturbed and distressed.

Conviction: A strong opinion.

Arrant: Continuing, always happening.

Emanate: radiate and resound from a source.

Melancholy: Sad and gloomy.

Raucous: Rough and harsh. Inexperienced.

Malice: A want to harm others.

Wanton: Immoral and hurtful.

Frivolous: Silly and not serious.

Cleft: crack or crevice in the surface.

Delectable: A pleasing taste.

Stevedores: a worker who unloads ships.

Platitudes: remarks or ideas.

Insincere adieus: A farewell lacking sincerity.

Stern: Severe and angry.

Puttees: Cloth used as a covering.

Surmounted: Topped of with a certain accent or flourish.

Intrigued: To arouse curiosity or interest.

Cavalcade: Procession

Jezebel: The ancient queen of Israel.