4 short stories quiz

Question 1

inured

Answer 1

used as, accustomed

Question 2

increments

Answer 2

small increases

Question 3

recoiled

Answer 3

drew back in fear, surprise, or disgust

Question 4

paramount

Answer 4

supreme, dominant

Question 5

annihilate

Answer 5

destroy, demolish

Question 6

irrevocable

Answer 6

irreversible, incapable of being canceled or undone

Question 7

immutable

Answer 7

unchangeable, never changing or varying

Question 8

ponderous

Answer 8

heavy and slow-moving

Question 9

apprehension

Answer 9

dread, fear of a future event

Question 10

ineffably

Answer 10

indescribably, inexpressibly

Question 11

infinite

Answer 11

endless

Question 12

pedantically

Answer 12

with undue attention to trivial points of scholarship

Question 13

bibliophile

Answer 13

book lover or collector

Question 14

misanthropy

Answer 14

hatred or mistrust of people

Question 15

contrivance

Answer 15

artificial arrangement, invention plan, or mechanical device

Question 16

compulsory

Answer 16

required, enforced

Question 17

caprice

Answer 17

sudden notion or desire

Question 18

audible

Answer 18

capable of being heard

Question 19

zealously

Answer 19

fervently, devotedly

Question 20

indiscriminately

Answer 20

without making careful choices or distinctions, randomly

Question 21

ethereal

Answer 21

light and delicate, unearthly

Question 22

cleaving

Answer 22

used as, splitting

Question 23

illusory

Answer 23

not real, based on false ideas

Question 24

posterity

Answer 24

descendants or all future generations

Question 25

renounce

Answer 25

give up especially by formal statement, reject

Question 26

imperceptible

Answer 26

not clear or obvious to the senses or the mind, too slight or gradual to be noticeable

Question 27

ponders

Answer 27

thinks deeply

Question 28

lucid

Answer 28

clearheaded not confused

Question 29

tumultuous

Answer 29

violent, greatly agitated or disturbed

Question 30

insuperable

Answer 30

incapable of being overcome or passed over

Question 31

prostrate

Answer 31

lying flat

Question 32

potent

Answer 32

powerful or effective

Question 33

lethargy

Answer 33

abnormal drowsiness

Question 34

proximity

Answer 34

nearness

Question 35

averted

Answer 35

turned away