Cooper sun vocab chapters 1-10

Question 1

aghast

Answer 1

adj. struck with overwhelming shock or amazement; filled with sudden fright or horror

Question 2

anguish

Answer 2

n. excruciating distress, suffering, or pain

Question 3

betrothed

Answer 3

adj. engaged to be married

Question 4

endure

Answer 4

v. to bear without resistance or with patience; tolerate

Question 5

engulf

Answer 5

v. to swallow up in or as in gulf; submerge

Question 6

fetid

Answer 6

adj. having an offensive odor; stinking

Question 7

irate

Answer 7

adj. angry; enraged

Question 8

monotony

Answer 8

n. wearisome uniformity or lack of variety, as in occupation or scenery

Question 9

palpable

Answer 9

adj. capable of being handled, touched, or felt; tangible

Question 10

pungent

Answer 10

adj. sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell as if by a penetrating power; biting; acid

Question 11

subside

Answer 11

v. to become quiet, less active or less violent; abate

Question 12

wafting

Answer 12

v. to float easily and gently, as if on the air; drift