Chapter 1

Question 1

Assuaged
Verb
/ə’ swāj/

Answer 1

To make (an unpleasant feeling less intense

Question 2

Apothecary
Noun
/ə’päTHi,kerē/

Answer 2

A person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs

Question 3

Taciturn
Adjective
/’tasə, tərn/

Answer 3

(Of a person) reserved or uncommunicative is speech; saying little

Question 4

Chattel
Noun
/’CHadl/

Answer 4

(In general use) a personal possesion

Question 5

Unsullied
Adjective
/,ən’səlēled/

Answer 5

Not spoiled or made impure

Question 6

Dictum
Noun
/’diktəm/

Answer 6

A formal pronouncement from an authoritative source

Question 7

Strictures
Noun
/’strik(t)SHər/

Answer 7

A restriction on a person or activity

Question 8

Dispatched
Verb
/də’spaCH/

Answer 8

Send of to a destination or for a purpose

Question 9

Ambled
Verb
/’ambəl/

Answer 9

Walk or move at a slow or relaxed pace

Question 10

Detention
Noun
/də’ten(t)SH(ə)n/

Answer 10

The action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody, especially as a political prisoner

Question 11

Dispatched
Verb
/də’spaCH/

Answer 11

Send off to a destination or for a purpose

Question 12

Detachment
Noun
/də’taCHmənt/

Answer 12

The state of being objective or aloof

Question 13

Repertoire
Noun
/ˈrepə(r)ˌtwär/

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Malevolent
Adjective
/mə’levələnt/

Answer 14

having or showing a wish to do evil to others.

Question 15

Vapid
Adjective
/ˈvapəd/

Answer 15

offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging

Question 16

Morbid
Adjective
/ˈmôrbəd/

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Nocturnal
Adjective
/näkˈtərnl/

Answer 17

Done, occuring, or active at night

Question 18

Stealthy
Adjective
/ˈstelTHē/

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Mutilated

Verb /’myo͞odlˌāt/

Answer 19

inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on.

Question 20

Predilection
Noun
/ˌpredlˈekSH(ə)n/

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Domiciled

Verb /’däməˌsīl/

Answer 21

treat a specified country as a permanent home

Question 22

Flivver
Noun
/’flivər/

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Intimidation
Nounin
/,timəˈdāSH(ə)n/

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Nebulous
Adjective
/’nebyələs/

Answer 24

in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy

Question 25

Transition
Nountran
/’ziSH(ə)n/

Answer 25

the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another

Question 26

Concession
Nounkən
/’seSHən/

Answer 26

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