9/19 Vocab

Question 1

Agitated

Answer 1

Emotionally excited or annoyed

Question 2

Animosity

Answer 2

Feeling of strong hatred or dislike

Question 3

Demeanor

Answer 3

Outward behavior; facial expressions and body language.

Question 4

Deprivation

Answer 4

The condition of living without the things one needs.

Question 5

Devoid

Answer 5

Completely without.

Question 6

Disjunction

Answer 6

A dividing or disjoining; separation.

Question 7

Grotesque

Answer 7

Odd, twisted, or bizarre.

Question 8

Intrigue

Answer 8

To stir up interest or curiosity

Question 9

Trepidation

Answer 9

Fearful uncertainty or worry

Question 10

Vulnerability

Answer 10

The state of being easily hurt, either emotionally or physically.

Question 11

Crouched

Answer 11

To stoop or bend low

Question 12

Elevated

Answer 12

To be raised up

Question 13

Degenerative

Answer 13

Causing things-a situation or a disease-to get worse

Question 14

Amplified

Answer 14

Increased in intensity or sound

Question 15

Ricochet

Answer 15

To rebound (as an object off a flat surface)

Question 16

Inert

Answer 16

Incapable of moving or changing

Question 17

Consciousness

Answer 17

Awareness

Question 18

Gaunt

Answer 18

Thin and angular, often as the result of suffering

Question 19

Theme

Answer 19

The main idea of the story; the idea the author wants his/her reader to understand

Question 20

Flashback

Answer 20

A literary device by which an author goes back to a scene that happened before the beginning of the work.