Chapter 1

Question 1

assuaged

Answer 1

v. to appease, satisfy, soothe

to make less severe or intense ; milder

Question 2

apothecary

Answer 2

n. druggist, pharmacist

Question 3

taciturn

Answer 3

adj. inclined to silence; reserved in speech;

dour, stern, and silent in expression and manner

Question 4

chattel

Answer 4

n. a movable article of personal property

a slave

Question 5

unsullied

Answer 5

adj. not soiled, untarnished

Question 6

dictum

Answer 6

n. an authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion.

Question 7

strictures

Answer 7

n. a remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism

Question 8

dispatched

Answer 8

v. to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc. 
   to dismiss (a person), as after an audience.

Question 9

ambled

Answer 9

v. slow and easy pace; stroll; saunter

Question 10

detention

Answer 10

n. the act of detaining, the state of being detained.
maintenance of a person in custody or confinement, especially while awaiting a court decision.
the withholding of what belongs to or is claimed by another.

Question 11

detachment

Answer 11

n. the act of detaching
the condition of being detached
freedom from prejudice or partiality

Question 12

repertoire

Answer 12

n. the list of dramas, operas, parts, pieces, etc., that a company, actor, singer, or the like, is prepared to perform.

Question 13

malevolent

Answer 13

adj. wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious:

Question 14

vapid

Answer 14

adj. lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat:

Question 15

morbid

Answer 15

adj. suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.:

Question 16

nocturnal

Answer 16

adj. of or pertaining to the night (opposed to diurnal ).

Question 17

stealthy

Answer 17

adj. done, characterized, or acting by stealth;

Question 18

mutilated

Answer 18

v. to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts

Question 19

predilection

Answer 19

n. a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference

Question 20

domiciled

Answer 20

n. a place of residence; abode; house or home.

Question 21

flivver

Answer 21

n. Older Slang. an automobile, especially one that is small, inexpensive, and old.

Question 22

intimidation

Answer 22

v. to make timid; fill with fear.

Question 23

nebulous

Answer 23

adj. hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused

Question 24

transition

Answer 24

n. movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change:

Question 25

concession

Answer 25

n. the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a privilege, or a point or fact in an argument: