Vocabulary Unit Sixteen: Kim McGlynn

undulate

(v.) to move in a wavelike motion

scud

(v.) to move or run swiftly as if driven forward

cavalier

(adj.) casual, careless

indigo

(adj.) deep violet blue

dissonant

(adj.) disagreeing or harsh in sound, discordant

benign

(adj.) gracious, kindly, favorable, pleasant

transient

(adj.) impermanent, fleeting, short-lived, not lasting or enduring in the novel (noun form: transience)

supine

(adj.) lying on the back; inactive or passive

vagrant

(adj.) nomadic, idle wandering (in the novel - mental wandering)

sepia

(adj.) of grayish or olive brown color

luminous

(adj.) radiating or emitting light

opulent

(adj.) rich, affluent; abundant, plentiful

ascendant

(adj.) superior, rising

azure

(adj.) the blue of a clear, cloudless sky

copse

(n.) a thicket of small trees or bushes

demise

(n.) death

debridement

(n.) surgical removal or foreign matter and dead tissue from a wound

embellish

(v.) to decorate or adorn (also to enhance with fictitious additions)