The Street Glossary

The Street Glossary

ornate

Excessively ornamental.

vehemently

With great intensity verging on anger.

provocation

An incitement or inducement.

writhing

Twisting and squirming, usually as the result of pain or the desire to escape.

strident

Grating, shrill and piercing in the most irritating way imaginable.

boisterous

Rowdy, rambunctious and overexcited.

rigidity

Severe and harsh; characterized by inflexibility and firmness.

quivering

Shaking and quaking as the result of intense emotions.

permeate

Saturated, infiltrated, flooded and suffused.

conjecture

Reaching an opinion or conclusion without having all the facts.

appraising

Assessting quality or value.

furtively

Secretly and deviously.

contempt

A feeling expressed toward others of superiority, scorn and derision.

appalling

Disgusting and horrifying; ghastly and sickening; hideous and harrowing.

innumerable

An inestimable or incalculable amount.

exasperating

Infuriating and maddeningy frustrating.

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