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Question 1

perceptible

Answer 1

capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable

went where the just perceptible path led him

Question 2

incredulous

Answer 2

disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical

the eye was shocked and incredulous at such cheery duplication

Question 3

blatant

Answer 3

brazenly obvious; offensively noise or loud

moved apart in planes of blatant impossibility

Question 4

opaque

Answer 4

not allowing light to pass through

they were silent on the mountain-top while the opaque look appeared in Jack’s eyes

Question 5

generic

Answer 5

general; referring to all members of a class or group

they were known now by the generic title of “littluns”

Question 6

tacit

Answer 6

understood without being openly expressed; silent; saying nothing

by tacit consent they left the shelter

Question 7

belligerence

Answer 7

a warlike or aggressively hostile nature; warfare

he was well built, with fair hair and a natural belligerence

Question 8

inscrutably

Answer 8

incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; not easily understood; mysterious

they watched him inscrutably over double handfuls of ripe fruit

Question 9

chastisement

Answer 9

severe criticism; a beating

in his other life Maurice had received chastisement for filling a younger eye with sand

Question 10

audible

Answer 10

capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard

now the antagonism was audible