5-A & 5-B

Question 1

Deluge

Answer 1

A flood (of water, for example); an overwhelming amount of something

Question 2

Executioner

Answer 2

A person who carries out a convict’s death sentence

Question 3

Gaunt

Answer 3

Being thin and bony (as from hunger or suffering)

Question 4

Grotesque

Answer 4

Very ugly, deformed, or monstrous

Question 5

Haste

Answer 5

Excessive speed; quickness

Question 6

Immense

Answer 6

Huge; colossal

Question 7

Inferno

Answer 7

A place or state that resembles hell, especially in great heat or raging fire

Question 8

Inquisitive

Answer 8

Asking many questions; curious about other people’s affairs

Question 9

Loom

Answer 9

To appear suddenly, often with a large, strange form; to come into view (Ex.: The ship loomed out of the distance)

Question 10

Lunatic

Answer 10

An insane person

Question 11

Menagerie

Answer 11

A collection of wild or foreign animals kept (esp. for exhibition)

Question 12

Mourn

Answer 12

To feel sorrow, esp. over someones death

Question 13

Parcel

Answer 13

A package

Question 14

Peculiar

Answer 14

Strange or odd; unusual

Question 15

Plummet

Answer 15

To fall straight down; to plunge

Question 16

Shudder

Answer 16

To tremble with fear or horror

Question 17

Silhouette

Answer 17

A picture with the outline of an object filled in with a solid color (usually black); the outline of an object seen against the light

Question 18

Slay

Answer 18

To put to death violently or in great numbers

Question 19

Smother

Answer 19

To overcome or kill by depriving of air or exposing to smoke fumes

Question 20

Transform

Answer 20

To change completely in appearance or form