ELA Night Vocab Quiz

Question 1

Altruistic

Answer 1

Showing a selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish

Question 2

Quarantine

Answer 2

Place a person or animal in quarantine in order to prevent the spread of infectious disease

Question 3

Evoke

Answer 3

Bring or recall to the conscious mind

Question 4

Sanctity

Answer 4

The state or quality of being holy, sacred, or saintly

Question 5

Wrath

Answer 5

Extreme anger

Question 6

Gallows

Answer 6

A structure, typically of two uprights and a crosspiece, for the hanging of criminals

Question 7

Manacled

Answer 7

Fetter a person with manacles

Question 8

Grandeur

Answer 8

Slender and impressiveness, especially, of appearance or style

Question 9

Salvation

Answer 9

Preservation or deliverance from harm ruin, or loss

Question 10

Lament

Answer 10

A passionate expression of grief or sorrow

Question 11

Reprieve

Answer 11

To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially someone condemned to death

Question 12

Emaciated

Answer 12

Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or lack of food

Question 13

Crucible

Answer 13

A situation of severe trial or an extremely challenging experience

Question 14

Dysentery

Answer 14

Infection of the intestines resulting in severe diarrhea with the presence of blood and mucus in the feces