451 Vocab

Question 1

marionette

Answer 1

N- a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs

Question 2

distill

Answer 2

V- purify, concentrate, or condense something, as if by the process of distillation

Question 3

obligate

Answer 3

V- to compel somebody to do something as a legal or moral duty

Question 4

olfactory

Answer 4

ADJ- of or pertaining to the sense of smell

Question 5

proclivity

Answer 5

N- predisposition, predilection, partiality; preference; a habitual attraction to something

Question 6

odious

Answer 6

ADJ- deserving hate or contempt

Question 7

heresy

Answer 7

N- an opinion or practice contrary to the truth or generally accepted standards

Question 8

cacophony

Answer 8

N- harsh, jarring sound; noise

Question 9

pantomime

Answer 9

N- a dramatic entertainment, originating in Roman mime, in which performers express meaning through gestures accompanied by music
V- express or represent by extravagant and exaggerated mime

Question 10

feign

Answer 10

V- to represent falsely

Question 11

suffuse

Answer 11

V- to spread through or over, as with liquid, color, or light

Question 12

dentrifrice

Answer 12

N- toothpaste or toothpowder; a product for cleaning teeth

Question 13

perfunctorily

Answer 13

ADV- performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial; thoughtless, uninterested

Question 14

writhe

Answer 14

V- make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body

Question 15

flail

Answer 15

V- wave or swing or cause to wave or swing wildly

Question 16

warily

Answer 16

ADV-in a guarded or watchful fashion

Question 17

pedant

Answer 17

N-one who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rulers

Question 18

incessanly

Answer 18

ADV- continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending

Question 19

rebut

Answer 19

V- to oppose by contrary proof; provide some evidence or argument that opposes

Question 20

parry

Answer 20

V- to ward off (a thrust stroke, weapon) as in fencing