English 5

Question 1

deluge (n)

Answer 1

a flood (of water, for example); an overwhelming amount of something

Question 2

executioner (n)

Answer 2

a person who carries out a convict’s death sentence

Question 3

gaunt (adj)

Answer 3

being thin and bony (as from hunger or suffering)

Question 4

grotesque (adj)

Answer 4

very ugly, deformed, or monstrous

Question 5

haste (n)

Answer 5

excessive speed; quickness

Question 6

immense (adj)

Answer 6

huge; colossal

Question 7

inferno (n)

Answer 7

a place or state that resembles hell, especially in great heat or raging fire

Question 8

inquisitive (adj)

Answer 8

asking many questions; curious about other people’s affairs

Question 9

loom (v)

Answer 9

to appear suddenly, often with a large, strange form; to come into view (Examples: “The ship loomed out of the distance.”)

Question 10

lunatic (n)

Answer 10

an insane person

Question 11

menagerie (n)

Answer 11

a collection of wild or foreign animals kept especially for exhibition

Question 12

mourn (v)

Answer 12

to feel sorrow, esp. over someone’s death

Question 13

parcel (n)

Answer 13

a package

Question 14

peculiar (adj)

Answer 14

strange or odd; unusual

Question 15

plummet (v)

Answer 15

to fall straight down; to plunge

Question 16

shudder (v)

Answer 16

to tremble with fear or horror

Question 17

silhouette (n)

Answer 17

a picture of the outline of an object filled in with a solid color (usually black); the outline of an object seen against the light

Question 18

slay (v)

Answer 18

to put to death violently or in great numbers

Question 19

smother (v)

Answer 19

to overcome or kill by depriving of air or exposing to smoke or fumes

Question 20

transform (v)

Answer 20

to change completely in appearance or form