Chapter 7 Vocabulary Terms

Question 1

(adj.) in a state of entanglement

Answer 1

afoul

Question 2

(adv.) apart

Answer 2

asunder

Question 3

(v.) draw back; take back

Answer 3

withdraw

Question 4

(v.) hold back

Answer 4

withhold

Question 5

(v.) stand up against; resist

Answer 5

withstand

Question 6

(prep.) despite

Answer 6

notwithstanding

Question 7

(v.) surround

Answer 7

beset

Question 8

(adv.) on a ship, train, bus, ect

Answer 8

aboard

Question 9

(adv.) in the state of being at a distance
(adj.) withdrawn

Answer 9

aloof

Question 10

(adv.) wrong

Answer 10

amiss

Question 11

(v.) make dirty

Answer 11

begrime

Question 12

(adj.) overtaken by darkness of night; intellectually or morally ignorant

Answer 12

benighted

Question 13

(v.) cause to be or seem little or unimportant

Answer 13

belittle

Question 14

(adv.) on the contrary

Answer 14

contrariwise

Question 15

(adv.) in no way; not at all

Answer 15

nowise

Question 16

(n.) real or dignity of an earl

Answer 16

earldom

Question 17

(n.) state of being a martyr

Answer 17

martyrdom

Question 18

(n.) those having the authority of officials

Answer 18

officialdom

Question 19

(adj.) burdensome

Answer 19

cumbersome

Question 20

(adj.) offensive because of obvious insincerity

Answer 20

fulsome

Question 21

(adj.) easily flexed, limber, agile

Answer 21

lissome

Question 22

(adj.) intrusive

Answer 22

meddlesome

Question 23

(adj.) full of courage

Answer 23

mettlesome

Question 24

(adj.) winsome

Answer 24

noisome

Question 25

(adj.) winning; cheerful; merry

Answer 25

winsome

Question 26

(n.) group of two

Answer 26

twosome

Question 27

(n.) one whose only interest in their work is the pay

Answer 27

hireling

Question 28

one who is thin from lack of food

Answer 28

starveling

Question 29

a child or animal that is nursed

Answer 29

suckling

Question 30

one who is a year old

Answer 30

yearling

Question 31

a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy

Answer 31

changeling

Question 32

infant found after being deserted by its unknown parents

Answer 32

foundling

Question 33

a young goose

Answer 33

gosling

Question 34

lad

Answer 34

stripling

Question 35

(prep.) about; concerning; in respect to

Answer 35

ament

Question 36

(adv.) soon

Answer 36

anon

Question 37

a command; an order

Answer 37

behest

Question 38

obligated; indebted

Answer 38

beholden

Question 39

to be necessary or proper for

Answer 39

behoove

Question 40

early

Answer 40

betimes

Question 41

tract of wasteland

Answer 41

heath

Question 42

to decrease

Answer 42

wane

Question 43

grow

Answer 43

wax

Question 44

in addition

Answer 44

withal

Question 45

threads running from side to side in a woven fabric

Answer 45

woof

Question 46

named; called

Answer 46

yclept

Question 47

of a son or daughter

Answer 47

filial

Question 48

childish; immature

Answer 48

puerile

Question 49

of or like a bear

Answer 49

ursine

Question 50

1. rough 2. tending to depress stock prices 3. expecting a fall in stock prices

Answer 50

bearish

Question 51

1. obstinate 2. tending to cause rises in stock prices 3. expecting a rise in stock prices

Answer 51

bullish

Question 52

resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive

Answer 52

bovine

Question 53

stupid or foolish

Answer 53

asinine

Question 54

of or like a fish

Answer 54

pscine

Question 55

like a fox; crafty; cunning

Answer 55

vulpine

Question 56

goatlike, especially in smell

Answer 56

hircine

Question 57

embarrassed; timid

Answer 57

sheepish

Question 58

refers to a sheep

Answer 58

ovine

Question 59

of or like a wolf; ravenous

Answer 59

lupine

Question 60

cheerful; optimistic

Answer 60

sanguine

Question 61

involving or causing much bloodshed

Answer 61

sanguinary

Question 62

to produce; to make happen

Answer 62

beget

Question 63

to whip; to remove skin

Answer 63

flay, fleece, excoriate

Question 64

lower oneself

Answer 64

condescend

Question 65

to curse

Answer 65

excrate

Question 66

to drink

Answer 66

imbibe

Question 67

to lie

Answer 67

prevaricate

Question 68

to make an unpleasant feeling less intense

Answer 68

assuage

Question 69

to spit

Answer 69

expectorate

Question 70

to steal

Answer 70

peculate

Question 71

to sweat

Answer 71

perspire

Question 72

to think over; ponder

Answer 72

cogitate

Question 73

to sparkle

Answer 73

scintillate

Question 74

to respect deeply

Answer 74

venerate

Question 75

to surrender

Answer 75

capitulate

Question 76

amusement, especially laughter

Answer 76

mirth, hilarity

Question 77

a curse

Answer 77

execration, malediction

Question 78

a large fire

Answer 78

conflagration

Question 79

sky, heavens

Answer 79

firmament

Question 80

name

Answer 80

appellation

Question 81

public shame or disgrace

Answer 81

ignominy

Question 82

smear

Answer 82

vilification

Question 83

speed

Answer 83

celerity

Question 84

strength

Answer 84

impregnability

Question 85

theft

Answer 85

larceny, peculation

Question 86

thread

Answer 86

filament