Vocabulary

minute; meticulous

melancholy; gloom; depression

deeply sincere; profound; heartfelt

silent (esp. of the passing of the night)

aesthetic

obscenity; obscene

calculating

irresistible

triumphant air; smugness

dull-witted

hateful; spiteful

triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits

vast; calm

desolate; dreary; lonesome

instant

nihilistic

lofty (tree)

very strange; odd; queer

very strange; bizarre; weird; mysterious

strange; curious; odd

witty; original; clever; astute; novel

irritating; frustrating

ridiculous

ridiculous; stupid; foolish; absurd; laughable

greedy; ruthless; cruel; exploitative

winding; meandering; sinuous; zigzag

fresh out of (college, high school, etc.); just out (e.g. of a book); first of the season (e.g. apples)

gadabout

conscientious; scrupulous

functional

mechanical

rare; uncommon

humiliating

coercive; overbearing

threatening; menacing

pent-up (energy, enthusiasm, etc.); burning (e.g. ambition); irrepressible (e.g. desire)

dense (vegetation); thick

glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing

vulgar; wanton

helpless