chp.2

Question 1

garter

Answer 1

a band worn around the leg to keep a stocking or sock up.

Question 2

tabernacle

Answer 2

a meeting place for worship used by Nonconformists or Mormons.

Question 3

vassalage

Answer 3

a position of subordination or submission

Question 4

noxious

Answer 4

harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant

Question 5

sanguine

Answer 5

optimistic or positive

Question 6

romp

Answer 6

(especially of a child or animal) play roughly and energetically.

Question 7

cordial

Answer 7

warm and friendly.

Question 8

forlorn

Answer 8

pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.

Question 9

ire

Answer 9

anger

Question 10

chancel

Answer 10

the part of a church near the altar, reserved for the clergy and choir, and typically separated from the nave by steps or a screen.

Question 11

bourn

Answer 11

a limit or boundary

Question 12

interloper

Answer 12

a person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong.

Question 13

irksome

Answer 13

irritating; annoying.

Question 14

uncongenial

Answer 14

not friendly or pleasant to be with.

Question 15

elicit

Answer 15

evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone.

Question 16

stifle

Answer 16

suffocate

Question 17

premptorily

Answer 17

insisting on immediate attention or obedience

Question 18

abhor

Answer 18

regard with disgust and hatred.

Question 19

artifice

Answer 19

clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others.

Question 20

virulent

Answer 20

poison

Question 21

duplicity

Answer 21

deceitfulness.