Chapter13

Question 1

Scramble

Answer 1

By making one’s way quickly up or awkwardly up a steep slip or over rough ground by using one’s hand as well as one’s feet

Question 2

Fumble

Answer 2

Use the hands clumsily

Question 3

Heap

Answer 3

A mount or pile of a certain substance

Question 4

Hoist

Answer 4

Raise (by means of ropes or pulleys) or haul up

Question 5

Grace

Answer 5

Elegance

Question 6

Verge

Answer 6

Approach something closely; be close to or similar to

Question 7

Hurdle

Answer 7

Jump over a hurdle or other obstacles while running

Question 8

Smolder

Answer 8

Burning slowly with smoke but no flame

Question 9

Outcrop

Answer 9

A rock formation that is visible on the surface

Question 10

Meager

Answer 10

(Or something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality

Question 11

Retch

Answer 11

Make the sound and movement of vomiting

Question 12

Wad

Answer 12

Compress ( a soft material) into a lump or bundle

Question 13

Inferno

Answer 13

A large fire that is dangerously out of control

Question 14

Ledge

Answer 14

A narrow horizontal surface projected form a wall, cliff, or other surfaces

Question 15

Rig

Answer 15

Set up (equipment or a device or structure), typically hastily or in a makeshift fashion

Question 16

Scald

Answer 16

Cause to feel a searing sensation like that of boiling water on skin

Question 17

Scuttle

Answer 17

Run hurriedly with quick steps

Question 18

Shrieking

Answer 18

Making a high-pitched piercing cry or sound

Question 19

Welt

Answer 19

A red, swollen mark left in flesh by a blow or pressure

Question 20

Stark

Answer 20

Bare in appearance or outline

Question 21

Crevice

Answer 21

A narrow opening, especially in a rock or wall

Question 22

Blister

Answer 22

A small bubble on the skin filled with serum and caused by friction, burning or other damage

Question 23

Sodden

Answer 23

Saturated with liquid, especially water

Question 24

Scathe

Answer 24

Harm

Question 25

Stupor

Answer 25

A state of near-unconsciousness

Question 26

Raspy

Answer 26

Harsh-sounding, hoarse (of a person’s voice) sounding rough, harsh, typically ad the result of a sore throat or of shouting

Question 27

Consolation

Answer 27

The comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment

Question 28

Scurry

Answer 28

(Of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps

Question 29

Flail

Answer 29

Wave or swing

Question 30

Fiend

Answer 30

A evil spirit or demon

Question 31

Incompetent

Answer 31

Not having or showing the necessary skill to do something successfully

Question 32

Potency

Answer 32

the ability or capacity to achieve or bring about a particular result

Question 33

Will

Answer 33

Make or try to make someone do something or something happen by the exercise of mental powers