Gullivers Travels Vocab

Question 1

auspicious

Answer 1

favorable; promising good luck

Question 2

apprehensive

Answer 2

in dread of possible evil or harm

Question 3

Brobdingnagian

Answer 3

gigantic; a term coined by Jonathan Swift from his tale Gulliver’s Travels

Question 4

conscience

Answer 4

an inner guide to one’s own rightness or wrongness of behavior

Question 5

deficient

Answer 5

inadequate in amount

Question 6

diminutive

Answer 6

very small

Question 7

embargo

Answer 7

an official ban on trade with another country

Question 8

encomium

Answer 8

a formal speech of praise

Question 9

extenuate

Answer 9

to try to lessen the seriousness of an offense

Question 10

foment

Answer 10

to instigate or to stir up

Question 11

grandeur

Answer 11

the quality of being magnificent

Question 12

husbandry

Answer 12

the cultivation and breeding of crops and animals

Question 13

lilliputian

Answer 13

a very small person; a term coined by Jonathan Swift from his tale Gulliver’s Travels

Question 14

peruse

Answer 14

examine carefully at length

Question 15

ponderous

Answer 15

slow and clumsy because of great weight

Question 16

prodigious

Answer 16

impressively great in size, extent or degree

Question 17

prostrate

Answer 17

lie face downward in submission

Question 18

provocation

Answer 18

deliberate action or speech that makes another person annoyed or angry

Question 19

schism

Answer 19

a split between strongly opposed sections or parties

Question 20

solicitations

Answer 20

an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status; asking for something from a superior

Question 21

stipulate

Answer 21

demand a requirement as part of a bargain or agreement

Question 22

impediment

Answer 22

an obstruction to doing something; a hindrance

Question 23

incessant

Answer 23

continuing without pause or interruption

Question 24

insatiable

Answer 24

impossible to satisfy

Question 25

inured

Answer 25

accustomed to something unpleasant