Chapter 9 Vocab

Question 1

Ambrosia

Answer 1

A desert made up of a mixture of fruits, nuts, and coconut

Question 2

Analogous

Answer 2

Similar; comparable

Question 3

Attire

Answer 3

Clothing

Question 4

Cawled

Answer 4

Cried out noisily

Question 5

Bluff

Answer 5

The broad, flat front of a cliff

Question 6

Catwalk

Answer 6

A narrow, elevated walkway

Question 7

Changelings

Answer 7

A child secretly put in the place of another

Question 8

Compensation

Answer 8

To compensate means to pay for something or make up for something

Question 9

Constituted

Answer 9

Made up

Question 10

Crooned

Answer 10

To croon is to sing in a low, gentle tone

Question 11

Deportment

Answer 11

Behavior

Question 12

Dim

Answer 12

Unclear; not strong

Question 13

Donned

Answer 13

Put on

Question 14

Doused

Answer 14

To pour liquid all over someone or something

Question 15

Evasion

Answer 15

To evade is to avoid doing something directly

Question 16

Fantical

Answer 16

A fanatic is a person whose extreme enthusiasm, interest, zeal, etc. goes beyond what is reasonable

Question 17

Gallantly

Answer 17

Politely; in the manner of a gentleman

Question 18

Gastric

Answer 18

Of, in, or near the stomach. A stomach ache would be a gastric complaint

Question 19

Gravitated

Answer 19

When you gravitate toward something or someone, you find yourself being pulled in the direction of that object or person

Question 20

Guilelessness

Answer 20

Guile is craftiness and cunning in dealing with other. To be guileless is to have none of that craftiness

Question 21

Harbored

Answer 21

To hold in the mind

Question 22

Hookah

Answer 22

An oriental tobacco pipe with a flexible tube that draws smoke through a bowl of water

Question 23

Impared

Answer 23

Damaged; weakened

Question 24

Indecision

Answer 24

When you’re being indecisive, you can’t decide what to do

Question 25

Indicative

Answer 25

Something that is indicative of something shows or displays something

Question 26

Ingenuous

Answer 26

Simple; innocent

Question 27

Innate

Answer 27

Something that is innate is a natural part of something else

Question 28

Inordinately

Answer 28

Inordinate means too great or too many

Question 29

Invective

Answer 29

Invectives are abusive terms, curses, insults, and/or cuss words

Question 30

Isolate

Answer 30

Set apart from others

Question 31

Jar

Answer 31

Shake up; disturb

Question 32

Jetty

Answer 32

A type of wall built out into water to protect a coastline or restrain currents

Question 33

Mishaps

Answer 33

Unlucky or unfortunate accidents

Question 34

Mortify

Answer 34

Humiliate; embarrass

Question 35

Nocturnal

Answer 35

Nightly

Question 36

Obsess

Answer 36

Greatly preoccupy

Question 37

Obsteperous

Answer 37

Noisy and unruly

Question 38

Porter

Answer 38

A person who carried luggage, etc., in this case, at a railroad station

Question 39

Provocation

Answer 39

To provoke is to excite some sort of feeling; often anger or irritation

Question 40

Ringworm

Answer 40

A contagious skin disease caused by a fungus

Question 41

Still

Answer 41

An apparatus for making alcoholic liquors

Question 42

Subdued

Answer 42

Someone who has been subdued has been soothed or softened and made less intense

Question 43

Tarried

Answer 43

Delayed; waited

Question 44

Tentativley

Answer 44

To be tentative is to be hesitant or unsure

Question 45

Tongs

Answer 45

A device used to grab or lift objects

Question 46

Trosseau

Answer 46

All the new clothes a bride brings to her marriage

Question 47

Lineaments

Answer 47

Distinctive features or characteristics

Question 48

Uncompromising

Answer 48

Unchanging

Question 49

Wary

Answer 49

To be wary means to be cautious on your guard against something

Question 50

Widow’s walk

Answer 50

A platform with a nail around it, built on the roof of a house

Question 51

Yankees

Answer 51

Northerners; natives of the Northern states