A Separate Peace Vocab List 1

Question 1

Sedate

Answer 1

calm, quiet, composed; staid

Question 2

Tacit

Answer 2

unspoken understanding; expressed without words

Question 3

Capacious

Answer 3

spacious; roomy

Question 4

Convalescence

Answer 4

the gradual recovery of health and strength after an illness

Question 5

Salient

Answer 5

prominent or conspicuous; striking

Question 6

Enmity

Answer 6

feeling or condition of ill-will; animosity of hatred

Question 7

Inveigle

Answer 7

to entice, lure, or persuade by flattery or cleverness

Question 8

Inured

Answer 8

to be accustomed to hardship, difficulty, pain; to be toughened or hardened

Question 8

Droll

Answer 8

amusing in an odd or unexpected way; whimsically humorous; witty

Question 9

Deign

Answer 9

to reluctantly do something you see as beneath you in some way; to condescend or lower yourself to do something you think you’re too good for

Question 10

Insidious

Answer 10

stealthy, subtle, cunning, or treacherous; seeming harmless when actually deadly

Question 11

Effulgence

Answer 11

a brilliant radiance; a shining forth