Glossary

This semester, the students of ENG 2001, Introduction to Fiction: Principles of Narrative, as a collaborative project, developed a glossary that draws words from all of the texts we read. As much as the process of looking up words and copying the definition interrupted their reading, students commented that the activity helped them learn the words, remember them, and incorporate them into their vocabulary. Want to expand your vocabulary? Check out our glossary!

 

-A-

Acquiescene

Aleut

Anathema

Annihilated

Aquiver

Arbor

Asocial

Aspen

Astonishing

Atheist

Atrocious

Austere

-B-

Barged

Barged

Barracks

Bereft

Bier

Bonnet

Boughs

Breadth

Breakneck

Buckboard

Bulbous

Bustle

-C-

Cajole

Calceolaria

Calligraphy 

Camphor

Capricious

Capricious

Capricious

Carmine

Catechism

Chastise

Cinder

Cistern

Clamor

Congenial

Contemplated

Coquettish

Cupola

-D-

Dainty

Demurred

Detox

Disdainful

Dispensation

Doggone

Domesticity

Drabness

Dray

-E-

Eaves

Elfin

Encroached

Evangelists

Exploited

Exquisite

-F-

Fatuity

Febrile

Febrile

Febrile

Firmament

Firmament

Flaws

Florid

Floundering

Flunked out

Fondle

Fortified

-G-

Gallantry

Genial

Giggle

Glen

Goblet

Gushed out

-I-

Idyllic

Impertinence

Impertinence

Importunities

Indolent

Indolent

Indolent

Infanticide

Inharmonious

Innumerable

-J-

Jalousies

Jarred

Jutting

-K-

Kindlin

-L-

Lamentations

Lamenting

Larynx

Leanto

Lisle

-M-

Macabre

Malevolent

Malice

Marvel

Melancholy

Mirth

Misconstrued

Monotonously 

Monotonously

Monotonously

Monotonously

Monotonously

Mule

Murmur

Muslin

Muslin

-N-

Noblesse Oblige 

Noisome

Noisome

-O-

Obstinate

Ocular

-P-

Palsied

Paternalistic

Pauper

Peddler

Persecution 

Perspiration

Petticoat 

Pilfer

Pilfer

Pious

Pious

Placid

Plagued

Pleating

Posse

Powwow

Powwow

Privy

Prodding

Pulsating

Puritan

-Q-

Querulous

Quizzical

Quizzical

-R-

Ravages

Ravenous

Ravenous

Reckon

Regalia

Regalia

Regalia

Regalia

Regalia

Regalia

Reins

Relinquished

Reluctant

Remitted

Rendezvous

Repression

Revulsion

Rhetorical

Riotus 

Ripple

Rivulets

-S-

Salsify

Salsify

Sassafras

Savage

Scoffingly

Scruples

Serenading

Serpentine

Shawl

Shawl

Shawl

Shoat

Shoat

Sibilant

Sibilant

Silhouette

Skulk

Skulking

Smother

Sobbing

Sopping

Soughing

Spigot

Spigot

Spry

Spry

Sullen

Sullenly

-T-

Tableau

Tarry

Teeming

Teetering

Teetering

Timorous

Tubercular

Tumultuously

Tumultuously

Tumultuously

-U-

Undulating

Ungainly

Unshriven

-V-

Vacant

Vanquish

Verily

Vexed

Virulent

-W-

Wares

Wharf

Wronghearted

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