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Question 1

irked

Answer 1

to make weary, irritated, or bored

Question 2

prickliness

Answer 2

full of or covered with prickles

especially :
distinguished from related kinds by the presence of prickles

Question 3

narration

Answer 3

something narrated; an account, story, or narrative.

Question 4

dormer

Answer 4

Also called dormer window. a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof.

Question 5

realization

Answer 5

the making or being made real of something imagined,planned, etc.

Question 6

supposedly

Answer 6

assumed as true, regardless of fact; hypothetical:a supposed case.

Question 7

ruefully

Answer 7

causing sorrow or pity; pitiable; deplorable:

Question 8

guise

Answer 8

general external appearance; aspect; semblance:an old principle in a new guise.

Question 9

pennant

Answer 9

any relatively long, tapering flag.

Question 10

fulcrum

Answer 10

the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.

Question 11

recognition

Answer 11

an act of recognizing or the state of being recognized.

Question 12

governess

Answer 12

a woman who is employed to take charge of a child’s upbringing, education, etc.

Question 13

conquering

Answer 13

to acquire by force of arms; win in war:to conquer a foreign land.

Question 14

alabaster

Answer 14

a finely granular variety of gypsum, often whiteand translucent, used for ornamental objects or work, such as lamp bases, figurines, etc.

Question 15

tendrils

Answer 15

a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants,often growing in spiral form, which attaches itselfto or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.

Question 16

invariably

Answer 16

not variable; not changing or capable of beingchanged; static or constant.

Question 17

scrimmage

Answer 17

a rough or vigorous struggle.

Question 18

procession

Answer 18

the act of moving along or proceeding in orderlysuccession or in a formal and ceremonious manner,as a line of people, animals, vehicles, etc.

Question 19

writhing

Answer 19

to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain,violent effort, etc.

Question 20

rosette

Answer 20

any arrangement, part, object, or formation moreor less resembling a rose.

Question 21

medicinal

Answer 21

of, relating to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial:medicinal properties; medicinal substances.

Question 22

conservatory

Answer 22

a school giving instruction in one or more of thefine or dramatic arts; specifically, a school of music.

Question 23

miniature

Answer 23

a representation or image of something on a smallor reduced scale.

Question 24

accompany

Answer 24

to go along or in company with; join in action:to accompany a friend on a walk.

Question 25

fiddle-faddle

Answer 25

nonsense

Question 26

pronto

Answer 26

promptly, quickly

Question 27

calculus

Answer 27

Mathematics . a method of calculation, especiallyone of several highly systematic methods of treating problems by a special system of algebraicnotations, as differential or integral calculus.

Question 28

fugitive

Answer 28

a person who is fleeing, from prosecution,intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway:a fugitive from justice; a fugitive from a dictatorialregime.

Question 29

percussion

per·​cus·​sion

Answer 29

the striking of a percussion cap so as to set off the charge in a firearm

Question 30

siesta

si·​es·​ta

Answer 30

an afternoon nap or rest

Most of the shops were closed after lunch for a two-hour siesta.

Question 31

hilarious

hi·​lar·​i·​ous

Answer 31

marked by or causing hilarity : extremely funny

Raymond is different, so well written and acted, so perfectly pitched, that even the silences, especially the silences, are hilarious. It makes comedy look easy.

Question 32

cooperage

coo·​per·​age

Answer 32

a cooper’s work or products

That amount matches the 14 barrels the distillery’s mini cooperage can construct daily.

Question 33

paramedic

para·​med·​ic

Answer 33

: a person who works in a health field in an auxiliary capacity to a physician (as by giving injections and taking X-rays)

One of the victims was transported to a local hospital by paramedics, while the other was treated at the scene.

Question 34

humanitarian

hu·​man·​i·​tar·​i·​an

Answer 34

: a person promoting human welfare and social reform : PHILANTHROPISTrecognized as a great humanitarian for her work to end world hunger

Question 35

culprits

cul·​prit

Answer 35

: one accused of or charged with a crime The culprit pleaded “not guilty.”

Question 36

stagnant

stag·​nant

Answer 36

not flowing in a current or stream stagnant water

Question 37

diabolical

di·​a·​bol·​i·​cal

Answer 37

of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : DEVILISHa diabolical plot

Question 38

buzzard

buz·​zard

Answer 38

: any of various usually large birds of prey (such as the turkey vulture)

Question 39

martyr

mar·​tyr

Answer 39

a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion

2: a person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle a martyr to the cause of freedom