Vocabulary List #5

torrid

adj. oppressively hot, parching, or burning, as climate, weather, or air

multitudinous

adj. forming a great number; existing, occurring, or present in great numbers, very numerous

propitiatingly

adv. to make favorably inclined; in a manner calculated to appease or conciliate

truculently

adv. aggressively hostile; belligerent; fierce

cessation

n. a temporary or complete stopping; discontinuance

inimical

adj. unfriendly or hostile

ululation

n. a howl, as a dog or a wolf; a hoot, as an owl; any shrill howling sound made as a lament or a war-cry

ensconce

v. to cover or shelter; to hide securely

crepitation

n. a crackle or crackling sound

incantation

n. the chanting or uttering of words purporting to have magical power