Ch 19-24

Question 1

destitute

Answer 1

without the basic necessities of life, lacking, poor enough to need help from others

Question 2

contemptuous

Answer 2

insulting, disdainful, scornful, disrespectful

Question 3

reverential

Answer 3

adjective, having deep respect

Question 4

agrarian

Answer 4

relating to land

Question 5

contrite

Answer 5

feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt

Question 6

ravenous

Answer 6

extremely hungry, eager for something

Question 7

radical

Answer 7

a person who advocates thorough or complete political or social reform; a member of a political party or part of a party pursuing such aims

Question 8

pinioned

Answer 8

tied up, limbs held

Question 9

fallow

Answer 9

uncultivated farmland plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period to avoid surplus production

Question 10

disconsolate

Answer 10

without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable

Question 11

beveled

Answer 11

having a sloping edge rather than a squared one

Question 12

sullen

Answer 12

sulky, bad tempered, gloomy