songbirds and snakes vocab
wealthy, rich, or affluent
opulent
not original; secondary.
derivative
exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, especially in amount or extent; highly excessive:
to charge an exorbitant price; exorbitant luxury.
exorbitint
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
ration
a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.
complacency
reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect
dilapidated
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
dais
boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting:
insolent
harsh; strident; grating
raucous
bewildered or confused:
bemused
pertaining to, causing, full of, or affected with rheum.
rheumy
ridicule; mockery:
derision
requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult
arduously
shameless or impudent
brazen
quality or condition of being insubordinate, or of being disobedient to authority; defiance:
insubortination
the quality or state of being impressive or awesome:
grandeur
Law.
the place of a crime or cause of action.
the county or place where the jury is gathered and the cause tried.
the designation, in the pleading, of the jurisdiction where a trial will be held.
the statement naming the place and person before whom an affidavit was sworn.
venue
strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous:
ghoulish
the act or practice of spying
espionage
the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth
gravity
requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil.
retribution
by or in itself or themselves; intrinsically.
per se
to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.:
pluck
without having been commanded or invited
unbidded
odd, queer, or comical
quizzical
having the power of perception by the senses; conscious
sentient
easy and sprightly in manner or bearing:
jaunty
making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc
sanctimonious
to reject as having no authority or binding force
repudiated
generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness
magnimonious
to continue at once with the next musical section or composition (often used as a musical direction).
segue
a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm
talisman
easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible
lucid
an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
prejudices
excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance
hubris
inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions
covetous
ridicule; mockery
derision
incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
inscrutable
not equivocal; unambiguous; clear; having only one possible meaning or interpretation:
unequivocally
without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious:
vapid
not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances
malcontent
an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
quagmire
harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being
noxious
an act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.
invasion
morally ignoble or base; vile:
sordid
gruesome and horrifying;
macabre
affected with vertigo; dizzy
giddy
an official seal, such as on a letter or document.
cachet