Ch. 15

Question 0

Ominous

Answer 0

Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious

Question 1

Change in venue

Answer 1

Moving a court case to another town or county

Question 2

Ku Klux Klan

Answer 2

a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people

Question 3

Affliction

Answer 3

Something that causes pain or suffering

Question 4

Discreet

Answer 4

Careful and circumspect in one’s speech or actions, esp. in order to avoid causing offense or to gain advantage

Question 5

Snipe hunt

Answer 5

A practical joke in which someone is taken into the forest to hunt for an imaginary bird (a snipe). While the person is out hunting for the bird, everyone else takes off and goes home.

Question 6

Acquiescence

Answer 6

The reluctant acceptance of something without protest

Question 7

Mutual defiance

Answer 7

Both people are stubborn

Question 8

Uncouth

Answer 8

(Of a person or their appearance or behavior) lacking good manners, refinement, or grace

Question 9

Impassive

Answer 9

Not feeling or showing emotion

Question 10

Venerable

Answer 10

Accorded a great deal of respect

Question 11

Battlements

Answer 11

Parapets at the top of a wall

Question 12

Facade

Answer 12

The face of a building

Question 13

Victorian

Answer 13

Relating to the values of the Victorian period

Question 14

Gothic

Answer 14

Style of architecture in Western Europe in 12th-16th centuries

Question 15

Ecclesiastical

Answer 15

Relating to the Christian church

Question 16

Flying buttress

Answer 16

Forming an arch with a wall it supports

Question 17

Privy

Answer 17

Sharing something secret or private