Garcia Ismael chapter 1 Vocab TKAM

Question 1

assuaged
/əˈswāj/
noun

Answer 1

1.to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate:
to assuage one’s grief; to assuage one’s pain.
2.
to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve:
to assuage one’s hunger.
3.
to soothe, calm, or mollify:
to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger.

Question 2

apothecary
noun
[uh-poth-uh-ker-ee]

Answer 2

a druggist; a pharmacist.
2.
a pharmacy or drugstore.
3.
(especially in England and Ireland) a druggist licensed to prescribe medicine.

Question 3

taciturn
adjective
[tas-i-turn]

Answer 3

inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
2.
dour, stern, and silent in expression and manner.

Question 4

chattel
noun
[chat-l]

Answer 4

Law. a movable article of personal property.
2.
any article of tangible property other than land, buildings, and other things annexed to land.
3.
a slave.

Question 5

unsullied
adjective
[chat-l]

Answer 5

free from dirt or stain

Question 6

dictum
noun
[dik-tuh m]

Answer 6

an authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion.
2.
a saying; maxim.
3.
obiter dictum.

Question 7

strictures
noun
\ˈstrik-chər\

Answer 7

a : an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage; also : the narrowed part
b : a constriction of the breath passage in the production of a speech sound
2
: something that closely restrains or limits : restriction
3
: an adverse criticism : censure

Question 8

dispatched
verb
[dih-spach]

Answer 8

to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
2.
to dismiss (a person), as after an audience.
3.
to put to death; kill:
The spy was promptly dispatched.
4.
to transact or dispose of (a matter) promptly or speedily.

Question 9

ambled
verb
[am-buh l]

Answer 9

to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter:
He ambled around the town.
2.
(of a horse) to go at a slow pace with the legs moving in lateral pairs and usually having a four-beat rhythm.
noun
3.
an ambling gait.
4.
a slow, easy walk or gentle pace.
5.
a stroll.

Question 10

detention
[dih-ten-shuh n]
noun

Answer 10

the act of detaining.
2.
the state of being detained.
3.
maintenance of a person in custody or confinement, especially while awaiting a court decision.
4.
the withholding of what belongs to or is claimed by another.

Question 11

dispatched
[dih-spach]
verb

Answer 11

to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
2.
to dismiss (a person), as after an audience.
3.
to put to death; kill:
The spy was promptly dispatched.
4.
to transact or dispose of (a matter) promptly or speedily.

Question 12

detachement
[dih-tach-muh nt]
noun

Answer 12

the act of detaching.
2.
the condition of being detached.
3.
aloofness, as from worldly affairs or from the concerns of others.
4.
freedom from prejudice or partiality.
5.
the act of sending out a detached force of troops or naval ships.
6.
the body of troops or ships so detached.

Question 13

repertoire
[rep-er-twahr, -twawr, rep-uh-]
noun

Answer 13

the list of dramas, operas, parts, pieces, etc., that a company, actor, singer, or the like, is prepared to perform.
2.
the entire stock of works existing in a particular artistic field:
A new play has been added to the theatrical repertoire.
3.
the entire stock of skills, techniques, or devices used in a particular field or occupation:
a magician’s repertoire.

Question 14

malevolent
[muh-lev-uh-luh nt]
adjective

Answer 14

wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious:
His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
2.
evil; harmful; injurious:
a malevolent inclination to destroy the happiness of others.
3.
Astrology. evil or malign in influence.

Question 15

vapid
[vap-id]
adjective

Answer 15

lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat:
vapid tea.
2.
without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious:
a vapid party; vapid conversation.

Question 16

morbid
[mawr-bid]
adjective

Answer 16

suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.:
a morbid interest in death.
2.
affected by, caused by, causing, or characteristic of disease.
3.
pertaining to diseased parts:
morbid anatomy.

Question 17

nocturnal
[nok-tur-nl]
adjective

Answer 17

of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal ).
2.
done, occurring, or coming at night:
nocturnal visit.
3.
active at night (opposed to diurnal ):
nocturnal animals.
4.
opening by night and closing by day, as certain flowers (opposed to diurnal ).

Question 18

stealthy
[stel-thee]
adjective

Answer 18

done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive:

stealthy footsteps.

Question 19

mutilated
[myoot-l-eyt]
noun

Answer 19

to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts:
Vandals mutilated the painting.
2.
to deprive (a person or animal) of a limb or other essential part.

Question 20

predilection
[pred-l-ek-shuh n, preed-]
noun

Answer 20

a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference:

Question 21

domiciled
[dom-uh-sahyl, -suh l, doh-muh-]
noun

Answer 21

a place of residence; abode; house or home.
2.
Law. a permanent legal residence.

Question 22

flivver
[fliv-er]
noun

Answer 22

Older Slang. an automobile, especially one that is small, inexpensive, and old.
2.
Slang. something of unsatisfactory quality or inferior grade.

Question 23

intimidation
[fliv-er]
verb

Answer 23

to make timid; fill with fear.
2.
to overawe or cow, as through the force of personality or by superior display of wealth, talent, etc.
3.
to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear:
to intimidate a voter into staying away from the polls.

Question 24

nebulous
[neb-yuh-luh s]
adjective

Answer 24

hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused:
a nebulous recollection of the meeting; a nebulous distinction between pride and conceit.
2.
cloudy or cloudlike.
3.
of or resembling a nebula or nebulae in deep space; nebular.

Question 25

transition
[tran-zish-uh n, -sish-]
noun

Answer 25

movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change:
the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
2.
Music.
a passing from one key to another; modulation.
a brief modulation; a modulation used in passing.
a sudden, unprepared modulation.
3.
a passage from one scene to another by sound effects, music, etc., as in a television program, theatrical production, or the like.

Question 26

concession
[kuh n-sesh-uh n]
noun

Answer 26

the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a privilege, or a point or fact in an argument:
He made no concession to caution.
2.
the thing or point yielded:
Management offered a shorter workweek as a concession.
3.
something conceded by a government or a controlling authority, as a grant of land, a privilege, or a franchise.
4.
a space or privilege within certain premises for a subsidiary business or service: