Captain's log, stardate Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Short Story Club Vocab:

genial

Adjective:     
Friendly and cheerful.

aforementioned
Adjective:     
Denoting a thing or person previously mentioned.

procured
Verb: 
Obtain (something), esp. with care or effort: "food procured for the rebels".

dire
Adjective:     
(of a situation or event)
Extremely serious or urgent

barbaric
Adjective:     
Savagely cruel; exceedingly brutal.
Primitive; unsophisticated.

Semified
means to become partially something; after being fully something

fervent
Adjective:     
Having or displaying a passionate intensity.

imperious
Adjective:     
Assuming authority without justification; arrogant; domineering.


devious
Adjective:     
Showing a skillful use of underhanded tactics to achieve goals.
(of a route or journey) Longer and less direct than the most straightforward way.

reverie
Noun:
A state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream: "I slipped into reverie".
An instrumental piece suggesting a dreamy or musing state.

ambiguity
Noun:
Uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language.
A lack of decisiveness or commitment resulting from a failure to make a choice between alternatives.

infer
Verb: 
Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

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