Heart Of Darkness Vocabulary

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abscond

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leave hurriedly and secretly

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alacrity

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cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness

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ascetic

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a person who leads an austerely simple life, especially one who abstains from the normal pleasures of life or denies himself or herself material satisfaction.

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avid

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showing great enthusiasm

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conflagration

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destructive fire

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craven

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contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly

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crestfallen

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dejected, dispirited, discouraged

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culminate

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to reach climax

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declivity

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a downward slope

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destitution

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lack of means of subsistence; an absence; emptiness

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detestable

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deserving hatred

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diaphanous

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sheer and light; hazy; transparent

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digression

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deviation from main topic

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efface

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wipe out; erase; to act inconspicuously due to shyness or modesty

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eloquence

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fluency and aptness in art of language

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erroneous

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wrong

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estuary

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where the river meets the sea

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evanescent

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fleeting; imperceptible

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facetious

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treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour

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fecund

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fertile; capable of producing offspring

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gallant

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brave; noble-minded; grand; chivalrous

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immutable

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unchangeable

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impalpable

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intangible; difficult for mind to grasp

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imperturbable

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can't be fazed

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indefatigable

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incapable of being tired out

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indissolubly

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not dissoluble; incapable of being annulled, undone, or broken

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inducement

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motivating; persuading; inducing

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inestimable

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incapable of being estimated/assessed; of incalculable value

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inextricable

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impossible to disentangle/separate; can't escape from

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inscrutable

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incapable of being investigated/analyzed; incapable of being physically penetrated

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insidious

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intending to entrap or beguile (lure); stealthily treacherous

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insipid

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without distinctive or stimulating qualities; dull; bland (vapid)

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interloper

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person who interferes and meddles in the affairs of others

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interminable

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incapable of being terminated (like Kurtz' command)

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intrepid

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resolutely fearless

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jocose

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characterized by joking/jesting; playful

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languid

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lacking in vitality/spirit; slow and relaxed

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languor

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the lack of vitality/spirit; slowness and relaxation

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lugubrious

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mournful, especially in an exaggerated manner

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lurid

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intensely terrible; gruesome

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moribund

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in a dying state

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odious

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deserving hatred; detestable

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ostentation

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pretentious display (like opulence)

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pacific

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peaceful

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pensive

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thinking deeply about something with sadness

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perdition

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a state of ruin

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peroration

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long speech with pompous language

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pestiferous

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bringing or bearing disease/evil

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placid

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pleasantly calm; serenely quiet

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ponderous

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of great weight; awkward and unwieldy; dull and laboured

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previcator

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person who speaks to avoid precise truth

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propensity

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natural inclination/tendency

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propitiatory

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intending to appease/conciliate

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rapacious

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greedy and grasping, especially for money; destructive and vicious

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recondite

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dealing with profound, obscure, and difficult knowledge

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recrudescence

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revival; to become active after a dormant period

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reposed

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state of being at rest; dignified calmness

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revile

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speak abusively

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satiated

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satisfied to the point of overindulgence or boredom

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secular

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not religious

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sedentary

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sitting/resting a lot

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sententiously

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having lots of short, concise metaphors; overly moralizing (more than is appreciated)

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somnambulist

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sleepwalker

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sordid

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demonstrating the worst aspects of human nature

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supercilious

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full of contempt and arrogance

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tenebrous

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dark, obscure, and gloomy (brumous)

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trenchant

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direct and deliberately hurtful

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venerable

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commanding respect due to age/dignity

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vivacious

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lively and animated

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volubility

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talkative (volume)