Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Question 0

Apothecary

Answer 0

One who sells or prepares medicine; a pharmacist

Question 1

Ambled

Answer 1

Walk slowly and relaxed

Question 2

Assuaged

Answer 2

Relieve something unpleasant

Question 3

Beadle

Answer 3

Caretaker of a synagogue

Question 4

Brethren

Answer 4

Members of the same group

Question 5

Corsets

Answer 5

Stiff garment work by women to shape the body

Question 6

Dictum

Answer 6

Pronounciation

Question 7

Domiciled

Answer 7

Resident somewhere

Question 8

Eaves

Answer 8

Part of a roof

Question 9

Foray

Answer 9

Exploration of something unfamiliar

Question 10

Human chattels

Answer 10

Humans considered property

Question 11

Impotent

Answer 11

Powerless

Question 12

Impudent

Answer 12

Rude or showing no respect

Question 13

Malevolent

Answer 13

Wanting to cause harm

Question 14

Methodists

Answer 14

Member of the Methodist Church

Question 15

Piety

Answer 15

Religious devotion

Question 16

Predilection

Answer 16

A special preference

Question 17

Ramrod

Answer 17

Rod used to load a firearm

Question 18

Repertoire was vapid

Answer 18

Performance was not interesting

Question 19

Scold

Answer 19

Speak harshly to reprimand as a consequence

Question 20

Spittoon

Answer 20

Receptacle where tobacco chewers spit

Question 21

Strictures

Answer 21

A limit or restriction

Question 22

Taciturn

Answer 22

Silent by nature

Question 23

Unsullied

Answer 23

Perfect; untarnished

Question 24

Veranda

Answer 24

A porch that is usually roofed