LA Vocab Quiz 4-7

Question 1

auspicious

Answer 1

favorable

Question 2

melancholy

Answer 2

a feeling of sadness, typically with no obvious cause

Question 3

tacit

Answer 3

understood or implied without being stated

Question 4

cordiality

Answer 4

sincere affection and kindness

Question 5

benevolence

Answer 5

the quality of being well meaning; kindness

Question 6

morbid

Answer 6

characterized by an unusual interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease

Question 7

inquisitive

Answer 7

curious or inquiring

Question 8

edification

Answer 8

the instruction or improvement of a person morally or intelletually

Question 9

gaped

Answer 9

stare with one’s mouth open wide in amazement or wonder

Question 10

ensuing

Answer 10

occurring afterward as a result

Question 11

prowess

Answer 11

skill or expertise in a particular activity or field

Question 12

ramshackle

Answer 12

in a state of severe disrepair

Question 13

eerily

Answer 13

in a strange and frightening manner

Question 14

dismemberment

Answer 14

the action of cutting off a person’s or animal’s limbs

Question 15

malignant

Answer 15

(of a disease) very virulent or infectious

Question 16

waning

Answer 16

(of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated , so that it appears to decrease in size

Question 17

cleaved

Answer 17

split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain

Question 18

vigil

Answer 18

a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray