Author Archives: Jayson Gallaway

garrulous

adjective

1. excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.

   “He was nothing but a foolish, garrulous old man who needed to be silenced.  Now he is silent.”

doleful

adjective

1. expressing sorrow; mournful.

   “a doleful look”

   2.  causing grief or misfortune.

   “Kevin’s babymama is a doleful whore.”

tumefy

verb

1. become swollen

torpor

noun

1. a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy.

   “they veered between apathetic torpor and hysterical fanaticism”

lassitude

noun

1. a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy.

   “she was overcome by lassitude and retired to bed”

fixity

noun

1. the state of being unchanging or permanent.

   “the fixity of his stare”

abstracted

adjective

1. showing a lack of concentration on what is happening around one.

   “she seemed abstracted and unaware of her surroundings”

improvident

adjective

1. not having or showing foresight; spendthrift or thoughtless.

   “improvident and undisciplined behavior”

temporize

verb

1. 1.

   avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time.

   “the opportunity was missed because the mayor still temporized”
   2.

   temporarily adopt a particular course in order to conform to the circumstances.

   “their unwillingness to temporize had driven their country straight into conflict with France”