Last Night at the Telegraph Club Vocabulary

Question 1

Debonair

Answer 1

Confident, stylish, and charming (typically used of a man).

Question 2

Bureau

Answer 2

A chest of drawers.

Question 3

Furtive

Answer 3

Attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive.

Question 4

Generalissimo

Answer 4

The highest-ranking of all generals in the military.

Question 5

Lurid

Answer 5

Very vivid in color, especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect.
OR
(Of a description) presented in vividly shocking or sensational terms, especially giving explicit details of crimes or sexual matters.

Question 6

Serenely

Answer 6

In a calm, peaceful, and untroubled manner.

Question 7

Prurient

Answer 7

Having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters.

Question 8

Admonition

Answer 8

An act or action of admonishing; authoritative counsel or warning.

Question 9

Brooked

Answer 9

Tolerate or allow (something, typically dissent or opposition).

Question 10

Dissent

Answer 10

To publicly disagree with an official opinion or decision.

Question 11

Calisthenics

Answer 11

Gymnastic exercises to achieve bodily fitness and grace of movement.

Question 12

Periphery

Answer 12

Outside the boundary of something.
OR
A marginal or secondary position in, or part or aspect of, a group, subject, or sphere of activity.

Question 13

Vestibule

Answer 13

An antechamber, hall, or lobby next to the outer door of a building.
OR
A chamber or channel opening into another.

Question 14

Maitre d’

Answer 14

The person in a restaurant who oversees the waitpersons and busboys, and who typically handles reservations.

Question 15

Votive

Answer 15

Offered or consecrated in fulfillment of a vow.
OR
An object offered in fulfillment of a vow, such as a candle used as a vigil light.

Question 16

Disconcerting

Answer 16

Causing one to feel unsettled.

Question 17

Rankled

Answer 17

(Of a comment, event, or fact) cause annoyance or resentment that persists.
OR
(Of a wound or sore) continue to be painful; fester.

Question 18

Crescendo

Answer 18

The loudest point reached in a gradually increasing sound.
OR
The highest point reached in a progressive increase of intensity.

Question 19

Chided

Answer 19

Scold or rebuke.

Question 20

Surreptitiously

Answer 20

In a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively.

Question 21

Affronted

Answer 21

Offend the modesty or values of.

Question 22

Buoyed

Answer 22

Keep (someone or something) afloat.
OR
Mark with a buoy

Question 23

Contrite

Answer 23

Feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt.

Question 24

Amonished

Answer 24

Warn or reprimand someone firmly.
OR
Advise or urge (someone) earnestly.
OR
Warn (someone) of something to be avoided.

Question 25

Obliquely

Answer 25

Not in a direct way; indirectly. OR In an oblique direction; slantwise.

Question 26

Tableau

Answer 26

A group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story or from history; a tableau vivant.