Ch.10-11

Question 0

Apothecary

Answer 0

Pharmacist

Question 1

Assuage

Answer 1

Making an unpleasant feeling less intense

Question 2

Taciturn

Answer 2

Reluctant to speak; silent

Question 3

Vapid

Answer 3

Shallow, has “no life”, bland

Question 4

Malevolent

Answer 4

Wanting harm to another

Question 5

Predilection

Answer 5

Favoring something in particular

Question 6

Indigenous

Answer 6

Originating from a region; native; naturally occurring

Question 7

Entailment

Answer 7

Negative; legal issue; involving by necessity

Question 8

Fractious(adj)

Answer 8

Anger, irritating, annoying

Question 9

Disapprobation

Answer 9

Disapproving

Question 10

Flivver

Answer 10

Old, small, cheap car

Question 11

Auspicious

Answer 11

Good luck, prosperity, success

Question 12

Nebulous

Answer 12

Confused, unclear, vague

Question 13

Contentious

Answer 13

Arguable; causing, at the location of an argument

Question 14

Asafoetida

Answer 14

Dried latex, herb, stinky brown gum

Question 15

Mandrake Roots

Answer 15

Plant (dangerous/poisonous)

Question 16

Benign

Answer 16

Kind person

Question 17

Tacit

Answer 17

Implied+understood

Question 18

Rosetta Stone

Answer 18

Stone; Greek & Egyptian hieroglyphics

Question 19

Aberrations

Answer 19

Not expected

Question 20

Mortify

Answer 20

Embarrassed

Question 21

Philippic

Answer 21

Verbal attack

Question 22

Umbrage

Answer 22

Offense, annoyance

Question 23

Libel

Answer 23

Published lie that can hurt someone

Question 24

Appomattox

Answer 24

Town in central Virginia, Lee surrendered to Grant

Question 25

Caricatures

Answer 25

Political cartoons, propaganda; “stereo-typing”

Question 26

Lineaments

Answer 26

Distinguishing features

Question 27

Edification

Answer 27

Improvement of a person

Question 28

Ingenuous

Answer 28

Innocence, honorable

Question 29

Apoplectic

Answer 29

Having a stroke/ seizures (dealing with a fit of anger)