Childhood's End Vocab

Question 1

Subtle

Answer 1

Not easily defined; understood

Question 2

Recalcitrant

Answer 2

Defiant of authority; stubbornly disobedient

Question 3

Rhetorical

Answer 3

Used without regard to some actual condition or circumstance

Question 4

Zenith

Answer 4

The point of culmination; the greatest height

Question 5

Imperceptible

Answer 5

Not capable of being percieved

Question 6

Facsimile

Answer 6

An exact and detailed copy

Question 7

Amenity

Answer 7

Physical or material comfort or convenience

Question 8

Ostentatious

Answer 8

Attracting attention often by exaggerated show

Question 9

Ubiquitous

Answer 9

Existing and being everywhere at the same time

Question 10

Meticulous

Answer 10

Extreme care in the treatment of details

Question 11

Detriment

Answer 11

Injury or damage or something that causes it

Question 12

Discretion

Answer 12

The power of decision; individual judgement

Question 13

Facetious

Answer 13

Given to jesting that is sometimes crude

Question 14

Gregarious

Answer 14

Preference for a social rather than solitary existence

Question 15

Optimum

Answer 15

The most favorable condition

Question 16

Scrupulous

Answer 16

Having moral integrity

Question 17

Vicarious

Answer 17

Experience through imaginative or sympathetic participation

Question 18

Impeccable

Answer 18

Exempt for the possibility of wrongdoing

Question 19

Acrimonious

Answer 19

Angry in feeling, language, or manner