Vocabulary - American Psycho

to scrawl (trans. v)

lettering (n)

to lurch

co-op (n)

cooperative

to blurt (sth) out
(pv)

to snap (intrans. verb)

to blare (intrans. or trans. v)

hip (adj)

calfskin (n)

tenement (n)

rally (n)

to wipe sth out (pv)

surrogate mother (n)

the punch line (n)
AmE

(hand)cuffs (n)

foul play (n)

groove (n)

indentation (n)

spiel (n)
(informal disapproving)

to rant (intrans. v)

per se (adv)
(formal)

bloated (adj)

idly (adv)

whip (n)

to peck (intrans./trans. v)

sheer (adj)

to mutter

to clench (trans. v)

bum (n)
AmE - informal

droll (adj)

nitwit (n)
(informal disapproving)

to squint (at) (intrans. v)

ripped (adj)
slang

to stiff (trans. v)

tacky (adj)

to mumble (intrans./trans. v)

to snicker (intrans. v) AmE
to snigger BrE

briskly (adv)

browstone (n) mainly US

paisley (adj)

plaid (adj) AmE
tartan (adj) BrE

to grumble (about) (intrans. v)

to groan (intrans. v)

rim (n)

to gasp (intrans. v)

to wail (trans./intrans. v)

fluke (n)
informal

harassed (adj)

clum (n)

to feign (trans. v)

streaks (n)

to seeth (intras. v)

dufus
/doofus/
AmE

the boy next door

to smirk (intrans. v)

to chirp (intras. v)

a pittance (n)

to glisten (intrans. v)

to muster (trans. v)

eggplant (n)

wan (adj)

to shrug (trans./intrans. v)

meekly (adv)

meek (adj)

in a daze (n)

to flicker (intras. v)

to grasp (trans. v)

morose (adj)

to guffaw (intras. v)
guffaw (n)

to sneer (intrans. v)

lewd (adj)

smugly (adv)
smug (v)

tersely (adv)
terse (adj)

tinge (n)
tinged (ad)

muted (adj)

backdrop

to gleam (intrans. v)

gleaming

scattered (adj)

gutted (adj) - slang

down-filled (adj)

halogen (n)

oak (n)

ebony (n)

rosewood (n)

plywood (n)

mahogany (n)

railings

to swish (intrans./trans. v)

brass

to slather (intrans. v)

flaky (adj)