Book 1

Question 1

Contraband

Answer 1

n. forbidden

Question 2

Postilion

Answer 2

n. driver of a carriage

Question 3

Turnkey

Answer 3

n. jailer

Question 4

Inscrutable

Answer 4

adv. impossible to understand

Question 5

Besmirched

Answer 5

v. stained, sullies reputation

Question 6

expostulation

Answer 6

n. objection

Question 7

mutinous

Answer 7

adj. Rebellious

Question 8

doleful

Answer 8

adj. sorrowful

Question 9

substratum

Answer 9

n. supporting layer

Question 10

nondescript

Answer 10

adj. undistinguished; no distinctive qualities

Question 11

cadaverous

Answer 11

adj. dead body; resembling a dead body

Question 12

expeditiously

Answer 12

adv. promptly; with speed and efficiency

Question 13

unfathomable

Answer 13

adj. impossible to see the bottom

Question 14

retinue

Answer 14

n. followers

Question 15

insensible

Answer 15

adj. emotionally dull & unresponsive

Question 16

blunderbuss

Answer 16

n. old fashioned gun

Question 17

sagacity

Answer 17

n. wisdom

Question 18

feign

Answer 18

v. to pretend

Question 19

eddying

Answer 19

v. circular way; swirling

Question 20

capitulate

Answer 20

v. stop resisting

Question 21

myriad

Answer 21

n. great number or extremely large amount

Question 22

rustic

Answer 22

adj. rural

Question 23

discompose

Answer 23

v. to disturb

Question 24

genial

Answer 24

adj. cheerful and friendly

Question 25

provender

Answer 25

n. provisions

Question 26

emaciated

Answer 26

adj. abnormally thin and slender

Question 27

epoch

Answer 27

n.era

Question 28

requisition

Answer 28

n. demand