Vocabulary 2

  1. Gesticulate– to make gestures; body movement communicating something. Wave, motion, signal.
  2. Mosque– Muslim place of worship.
  3. Viscous– Thick and sticky. Gelatinous, gluey.
  4. Galvanized– stimulate somebody to act. Spurred, roused.
  5. Militant– aggressive; involved in fighting. Confrontational, radical.
  6. Eliciting– provoke a reaction; to draw out. Causing, prompting.
  7. Befogged– confuse; to cover with fog.
  8. Ostentatious– rich and showy. Flashy.
  9. Mercurial– lively and unpredictable. Containing mercury.
Exercises:
1- Word and definition.
2- In context of novel.
3- Sentence
4- Paraphrase



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