Booth Glossary

Booth Glossary

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Written by Monica Barry

Felicitous

Suitable, appropriate

Avarice

Meanness, greed

Insatiable

Hungry, uncontrollable

Brusque

Blunt, abrupt

Forlorn

Regretful, sad

Exigent

Pressing, demanding

Ascetic

Self denying

Caprice

Impulse, whim

Munificent

Bountiful, handsome

Indomitable

Firm, invincible

Embezzle

Abstract, steal

Lithe

Agile, graceful

Maudlin

Sentimental, self-pitying

Pliable

Supple, flexible

Arrogate

Assume, secure

Indolent

Sluggish, idle

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