CITR Vocab Ch. 1-12

Question 1

touchy

Answer 1

easily upset

Question 2

fencing

Answer 2

sword fighting

Question 3

ostracized

Answer 3

excluded from society

Question 4

phony

Answer 4

not genuine

Question 5

chiffonier

Answer 5

chest of drawers

Question 6

innumerable

Answer 6

countless

Question 7

qualms

Answer 7

doubt; feeling of unease

Question 8

sheer

Answer 8

complete and utter

Question 9

sadist

Answer 9

one who is cruel for fun

Question 10

composition

Answer 10

piece of writing

Question 11

suspense

Answer 11

enjoyable tension; anxiety

Question 12

exhibitionist

Answer 12

attention seeker

Question 13

unscrupulous

Answer 13

unrestrained by moral or ethical principles

Question 14

solitary

Answer 14

single; alone

Question 15

gore

Answer 15

blood from a wound

Question 16

pacifist

Answer 16

one who believes in peaceful resolutions and refuses to take part in a war

Question 17

sincere

Answer 17

honest; unfeigned

Question 18

fiend

Answer 18

person with strong interest in something; troublemaker

Question 19

conscientious

Answer 19

diligent; governed by a sense of right and wrong

Question 20

adapts

Answer 20

adjusts to something; changes to meet requirements

Question 21

toying

Answer 21

treating something casually or without seriousness

Question 22

suave

Answer 22

charming, but often insincere

Question 23

fouled

Answer 23

contaminated; spoiled

Question 24

putrid

Answer 24

physically or morally disgusting; rotting with a foul smell

Question 25

immaterial

Answer 25

of no significance; unimportant

Question 26

sterling

Answer 26

admirable; of highest quality

Question 27

intimately

Answer 27

personally; closely

Question 28

immensely

Answer 28

to a vast degree

Question 29

humble

Answer 29

modest; respectful