CH 1

Question 1

apothecary

Answer 1

noun.

a person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs.

Question 2

taciturn

Answer 2

adjective. (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
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Question 3

chattel

Answer 3

noun.

(in general use) a personal possession.

Question 4

unsullied

Answer 4

adjective.

not spoiled or made impure.

Question 5

dictum

Answer 5

noun.

a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source.

Question 6

strictures

Answer 6

noun. a restriction on a person or activity.

Question 7

dispatched

Answer 7

verb. send off to a destination or for a purpose.

Question 8

ambled

Answer 8

verb.

walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace.

Question 9

detention

Answer 9

noun. the act of keeping someone in a prison or similar place

Question 10

detachment

Answer 10

noun. lack of emotion or of personal interest

Question 11

repertoire

Answer 11

noun.
a stock of plays, dances, or pieces that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to perform.
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Question 12

malevolent

Answer 12

adjective. having or showing a wish to do evil to others.

Question 13

vapid

Answer 13

adjective. offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.

Question 14

morbid

Answer 14

adjective. characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.

Question 15

nocturnal

Answer 15

adjective. of, relating to, or occurring in the night

Question 16

stealthy

Answer 16

adjective.

behaving, done, or made in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard.

Question 17

mutilated

Answer 17

verb. inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on.

Question 18

predilection

Answer 18

noun. a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something.

Question 19

domiciled

Answer 19

verb. treat a specified country as a permanent home

Question 20

flivver

Answer 20

noun.

a cheap car or aircraft, especially one in bad condition.

Question 21

intimidation

Answer 21

noun.

the action of intimidating someone, or the state of being intimidated.

Question 22

nebulous

Answer 22

adjective.

in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.

Question 23

transition

Answer 23

noun. the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.
verb. undergo or cause to undergo a process or period of transition.

Question 24

concession

Answer 24

noun.

a thing that is granted, especially in response to demands; a thing conceded.

Question 25

assuaged

Answer 25

verb. make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.