Dracula vocab quiz 3

Question 1

anemic

Answer 1

suffering from anemia 2: lacking power, strength, vitality, or liveliness; weak

Question 2

morbid

Answer 2

having or showing an interest in unpleasant or gloomy things, particularly death

Question 3

sanatorium

Answer 3

a place for the care and treatment of people who are recovering from illness or who have a disease that will last a long time (particularly a mental illness)

Question 4

lackluster

Answer 4

lacking brilliance or radiance; dull 2: lacking liveliness, vitality, spirit, or enthusiasm

Question 5

malady

Answer 5

a bodily disease or an unwholesome condition.

Question 6

boudoir

Answer 6

a woman’s bedroom or private sitting room

The girl found the boudoir not only beautiful, but extremely comfortable

Question 7

gangrene

Answer 7

decay or corruption

Question 8

smut

Answer 8

a black or dirty mark; smudge 2: indecent language

Question 9

ayslum

Answer 9

protection given by a government to someone who has left another country in order to escape being harmed 2: a hospital where people who are mentally ill are cared for especially for long periods of time : a mental hospital

Question 10

lurid

Answer 10

causing shock or disgust a lurid story 2: glowing with an overly bright color

“lurid food colorings”
“the more lurid details of the massacre were too

Question 11

malign

Answer 11

to say negative (and often untrue) things about someone publicl

“don’t you dare malign her in my presence”

Question 12

paraphernalia

Answer 12

objects that are used to do a particular activity

home depot sells camping gear, sports equipment, and other paraphernalia

Question 13

stalwart

Answer 13

: very loyal and dedicated 2: physically strong

¨has been a stalwart supporter of the party for many years.¨

Question 14

pine

Answer 14

to long for something or someone deeply (often someone or something unattainable)

¨He’s still pining for his ex-girlfriend.¨

Question 15

vigil

Answer 15

an act of keeping watch

For three nights, the shepherd maintained his lonely vigil

Question 16

presage

Answer 16

an intuition or feeling of what is going to happen in the future

Question 17

pendulum

Answer 17

weight hung from a point so as to swing freely back and forth under the action of gravity

example: The tick-tock noise of the pendulum in the clock drives me crazy.

Question 18

wan

Answer 18

looking sick, pale, or weak

¨Why so pale and wan jessy?¨

Question 19

intercede

Answer 19

: to try to help settle an argument or disagreement between two or more people or groups 2: to speak to someone in order to defend or help another person

“I begged him to intercede for Theresa, but he never did a thing”

Question 20

wry

Answer 20

funny, not serious

Marco’s wry smile when he told me that we were having bugs for dinner to

Question 21

trifle

Answer 21

something of little value, substance, or importance

we needn’t trouble the boss over such small trifles”

Question 22

smite (past tense: SMOTE
past participle: SMITTEN)

Answer 22

to strike hard especially with the hand or a weapon 2: to kill or injure

Question 23

badinage

Answer 23

light, playful teasing, or joking

Badinage was exchanged freely with friends standing on the platform

Question 24

vulpine

Answer 24

of or resembling a fox 2: cunning or crafty

He is back with vulpine intent and determined to win where he was forced

Question 25

folly

Answer 25

dumb/lack of common sense

“it would be sheer folly to leave in this bad weather”

Question 26

prostrate

Answer 26

lying flat on the ground 2: helpless 3: completely overwhelmed

“The worshippers prostrated themselves on the ground before the shrine

Question 27

pacify

Answer 27

to make calm or peaceful

Question 28

aperture

Answer 28

an opening, crack,or gap,

We entered the cave through a narrow aperture

Question 29

assail

Answer 29

to attack

Question 30

grog

Answer 30

cheap alcohol, often of poor quality