Dracula Vocab Chaps 15-27

Question 0

Make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body.

Answer 0

Writhed

Question 1

Made a forcefully reproachful protest.

Answer 1

Remonstrated

Question 2

Scornful.

Answer 2

Contemptuous

Question 3

Plausible but fallacious (based on a false belief.)

Answer 3

Sophistic

Question 4

To take in (information, ideas, culture, etc.) and understand fully.

The act of absorbing and fusing together.

Answer 4

Assimilation

Question 5

Looking or sounding sad and dismal.

Answer 5

Lugubrious

Question 6

Deviation from moral rectitude or sound thinking.

An obscure or confusing statement.

Answer 6

Obliquity

Question 7

Loud, excited, confused, disorderly and emotional.

Marked by violent or overwhelming turbulence or upheaval.

Answer 7

Tumultuous

Question 8

Serving as a sign of something.

Answer 8

Indicative

Question 9

Urgently needed or demanded.

Answer 9

Exigency

Question 10

General or widespread hatred or disgust directed toward someone as a result of their actions.

Answer 10

Odium

Question 11

Having many curves and turns.

Flexible, graceful, and supple.

Answer 11

Sinuous

Question 12

(Of an action or gesture) carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection.

Answer 12

Perfunctory

Question 13

The faculty or power of using one’s will.

Answer 13

Volition

Question 14

Difficult to understand or interpret; mysterious.

Answer 14

Enigmatical

Question 15

(Of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words.

Answer 15

Laconic

Question 16

Heavy; difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight.

Answer 16

Cumbrous