A Seperate Peace 7-9

Question 0

Insinuating

Answer 0

Tending to cause doubt, distrust, or change of outlook

Question 1

Impinge

Answer 1

To come into close contact with, encroach, infringe

Question 2

Fratricide

Answer 2

The act of murdering one’s own brother or sister

Question 3

Judiciously

Answer 3

Wisely, in a soundly judgmental manner

Question 4

Funereal

Answer 4

Of it relating to a funeral

Question 5

Contretemps

Answer 5

An inopportune embarrassing occurrence, mishap

Question 6

Conspiratorial

Answer 6

Of or relating to or suggestive of a conspiracy or plot

Question 7

Knickers

Answer 7

Loose-fitting short pants gathered at the knee

Question 8

Puttees

Answer 8

Cloth strips wrapped around the leg from ankle to knee, leather leggings secured by a strap of laces

Question 9

Futility

Answer 9

Sense of purposelessness, fruitlessness

Question 10

Virtuoso

Answer 10

One who excels in the technique of an art especially for military uniforms

Question 11

Encumbrance

Answer 11

Something that burdens or weighs down, an impediment

Question 12

Clodhoppers

Answer 12

Large, heavy shoes

Question 13

Ambiguously

Answer 13

Doubtfully, uncertainly, obscurely

Question 14

Sanctity

Answer 14

A holiness of life and character, godliness

Question 15

discernible

Answer 15

Detectible with the eyes or with the other senses, discriminating

Question 16

Opulent

Answer 16

Amply or plentifully provided, luxurious, rich

Question 17

Sobriety

Answer 17

The quality or state of being abstinent, sober, or well balanced

Question 18

Aphorisms

Answer 18

Concise statements of principle, adages, maxims

Question 19

Pungent

Answer 19

Sharp or biting to the sense of taste or smell

Question 20

Preeminently

Answer 20

Outstandingly, supremely

Question 21

Poignance

Answer 21

That which painfully affects the feelings, that which touches or pierces

Question 22

Refuting

Answer 22

Overthrowing by argument, evidence, or proof, disapproving

Question 23

Gulls

Answer 23

People who are easily deceived or cheated, duped

Question 24

Patriarchal

Answer 24

Old, fatherly

Question 25

Gibe

Answer 25

Taunting word, scoffs

Question 26

Abashed

Answer 26

Embarrassed, disconcerted

Question 27

Sententiousness

Answer 27

State of excessive moralizing

Question 28

Vagaries

Answer 28

Eccentric or unpredictable manifestations, actions, or notions

Question 29

Herringbone

Answer 29

To ascend a slope by toeing out on skis and placing the weight on the inner edge

Question 30

Bolsheviks

Answer 30

Member of the extremist wing of the Russian social Democratic Party in Russia that seized supreme power in the 1917-1920 revolution

Question 31

Liaison

Answer 31

Close bond or connection, an interrelationship

Question 32

Multifariously

Answer 32

Varying, diversely

Question 33

Dowager

Answer 33

A widow holding property or title received from her dead husband

Question 34

Cacophony

Answer 34

Harsh it discordant sound, dissonance

Question 35

Proviso

Answer 35

An article or clause that introduces a condition, a stipulation

Question 36

Accolade

Answer 36

A mark of acknowledgement, an award