Week Four
Feckless: Feeble or ineffective
Antonio's attempts to get Lovino to do his job for once were feckless, as Lovino simply told Antonio off before going to take a nap.
Impasse: A situation that is so difficult that no progress can be made; a deadlock or a stalemate.
Yong Soo, one of the world's best chess players, found himself at an impasse when he played against Raito Yagami in the national chess competition.
Indolent: Disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy.
Feliciano's indolent nature frustrates Ludwig to no end, but he simply cannot change the lazy man's ways.
Lugubrious: Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
Francis puts on a lugubrious act whenever he gets dumped, but he gets over it within a matter of days.
Ribald: Characterized by or indulging in humor that is vulgar and lewd.
Lovino's ribald vocabulary makes it difficult to hold down a job in the service industry because he won't stop cursing at annoying customers.
Adulation: Excessive flattery or admiration.
Despite Lovino's seemingly uncaring appearance, he's quite popular with the ladies, and showers those he flirts with and dates with adulation and compliments.
Censure: An expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism.
America's censure of England's steep taxes on tea was made obvious during the Boston Tea Party.
Dissemble: To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance.
Ivan's cruelly innocent smile dissembles the pain he had to endure as a child.
Dissimulate: To conceal one's true feelings or intentions.
Elizaveta tries her hardest to dissimulate her feelings for Roderich because she is quite sure that her feelings are not reciprocated.
Droll: Amusingly odd or whimsically comical.
Mattias's droll sense of humor was sadly lost on his friends.*
Peremptory: Subject to no further debate or dispute; final and unassailable.
Feliciano's plea for Ludwig to join him for gelato was peremptory, as Feliciano even assured him that he would be paying for once.
Pusillanimous: Lacking courage; cowardly.
Raivis's pusillanimous nature made it easy for Ivan to pick on him.
Surfeit: An excessive amount.
Though Gilbert assured his brother that there was no such thing as surfeit when it came to beer and other alcoholic beverages, Ludwig had to disagree, as he was the one who had to take care of Gilbert's hangover in the morning.
A/N: Some notes:
*Mattias is what I call Denmark.
Screw the once-a-week update. I'll update the day after each vocabulary quiz, but I don't know when those are... *shrugs* Oh well.
~Jel