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englishliteraturec1
Literary vocabulary
Words that turn up in 19th-century English novels and rarely anywhere else.
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ephemeral
here for a brief moment and then goneadjective
sanguine
cheerfully confident that things will turn out well, even when they look badadjective
quixotic
noble-minded but hopelessly impracticaladjective
obsequious
fawning; trying far too hard to please people with poweradjective
perfidious
ready to betray anyone who trusts youadjective
ineffable
so vast or intense that language cannot capture itadjective
querulous
forever grumbling in an irritable, plaintive toneadjective
supercilious
looking down on others with a cool, disdainful airadjective
taciturnThe opposite of loquacious.
by nature inclined to say very littleadjective
loquaciousThe opposite of taciturn.
fond of talking, and often at great lengthadjective
magnanimous
big-hearted towards someone you have beaten or who has wronged youadjective
capricious
acting on sudden whims rather than reasonadjective
pusillanimous
lacking the courage to face danger or take a standadjective
recalcitrant
stubbornly refusing to obey or cooperateadjective