Chapter 5 Vocab

Question 0

refractory or unruly, irritable

Answer 0

Fractious

Question 1

a warning or caution; admonition.

Answer 1

Caveat

Question 2

of, pertaining to, or serving as a tomb.

Answer 2

Sepulchral

Question 3

lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat

Answer 3

Vapid

Question 4

to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim

Answer 4

Blazon

Question 5

to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock

Answer 5

Flout

Question 6

a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.

Answer 6

Scourge

Question 7

not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight; awkward; ungainly.

Answer 7

Unwieldy

Question 8

self-evident; obvious.

Answer 8

Axiomatic

Question 9

to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer

Answer 9

Filch

Question 10

bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.

harmful, injurious, or searing.

Answer 10

Scathing

Question 11

not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory.

Answer 11

Transient

Question 12

independence or freedom, as of the will or one’s actions

Answer 12

Autonomy

Question 13

to free or release from entanglement; disengage

Answer 13

Extricate

Question 14

favorable to or promoting health; healthful.

promoting or conducive to some beneficial purpose; wholesome.

Answer 14

Salutary

Question 15

excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish

Answer 15

Straitlaced

Question 16

a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.

Answer 16

Amnesty

Question 17

characterized by equity or fairness; just and right; fair; reasonable:

Answer 17

Equitable

Question 18

a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct.

Answer 18

Precept

Question 19

causing or tending to cause sleep.

pertaining to or characterized by sleep or sleepiness; sleepy; drowsy.

Answer 19

Soporific