Chapter 5

Question 1

Travail (n)

Answer 1

Hard or agonizing labor

Question 2

Macabre (adj)

Answer 2

Ghastly; horrible; gruesome

Question 3

Modulation (n)

Answer 3

A refulation by or adjustment to a certain measure such as in music or radio waves

Question 4

Fusillade (n)

Answer 4

A barrage; a rapid discharge of firearms, simultaneously or in rapid succession
Súng bắn, xử bắn

Question 5

Faction (n)

Answer 5

A group or clique within a larger group, usually a minority, acting in unison in opposition to the larger group; internal dissension, conflict within an organization, nation or other group

Question 6

Malcontent (adj)

Answer 6

Dissatisfied; uneasy ỏr discont; a rebel

Question 7

Unguent (n)

Answer 7

Any soothing or healing ointment or lubricant for local application

Question 8

Pertinent (adj)

Answer 8

Applicable; related to a subject matter at hand

Question 9

Vocative (adj)

Answer 9

Pertaining to the act of calling

Question 10

Malady (n)

Answer 10

A disease or disorder

Question 11

Beset (v)

Answer 11

To surround on all sides; to annoy or harass persistently; to decorate with jewels

Question 12

Raddle (v)

Answer 12

To twist together, to intertwine

Question 13

Insinuate (v)

Answer 13

To hint or suggest; to intimate

Question 14

Perdition (n)

Answer 14

The most modern use of the word means eternal damnation, or a hell

Question 15

Lissome (adj)

Answer 15

Lithe or lithesome, usually related to the body; moving or bending easily or limber