List #13

Question 1

Bivouac

Answer 1

1. to make a bivouac: CAMP
2. to take shelter often temporarily
3. to provide temporary quarters
4. the actual thing providing shelter
   During the war, the soldiers made a bivouac.

Question 2

Cliché-

Answer 2

1. a trite phrase or expression
2. a hackneyed theme, characterization, situation
3. something (as a menu item) that has become overly familiar or commonplace
   Don’t you think the story’s happy ending was so clichê?

Question 3

Detonate-

Answer 3

1. to explode with sudden violence
2. to cause to detonate
3. to set off in a burst of activity
   The soldiers where fatally injured when the bomb detonated in front of them.

Question 4

Endear-

Answer 4

1. to make higher in cost, value, or estimation
2. to cause to become beloved or admired.
   The value of Elvis’ signature endeared the price of his famous signed guitar.

Question 5

Fiasco-

Answer 5

1. a complete failure

The garden party ended in a fiasco when the sprinklers went off.

Question 6

Gloat-

Answer 6

1. to show in an improper or selfish way that you are happy with your own success or another person’s failure
2. to look or glance admiringly or amorously
3. to observe or think about something triumphant and often malicious satisfaction
   Sportsmanship includes not gloating when you beat your rival,.

Question 7

Hoary-

Answer 7

1. very old
2. not interesting, funny: not fresh or original
3. having grey or white hair
   The hoary joke only brought laughter to the old folks.

Question 8

Indelible-

Answer 8

1. impossible to remove or forget
2. producing marks that cannot be erased
3. lasting
   “Our friendship is indelible”, thought the best friends.

Question 9

Millennium-

Answer 9

1. period of 1,000 years
2. a period of a thousand years from the beginning of the Christian Era
3. an 1000 anniversary or its celebration
   Celebrating a millennium of existence, the painting was shown in display.

Question 10

Noxious-

Answer 10

1. physically harmful or destructive to living beings (usu fumes)
2. constituting a harmful influence on mind or behavior: esp.: morally corrupting
   Poisonous, the noxious fumes killed everyone who breathed it in.

Question 11

Oracle-

Answer 11

1. in Ancient Greece: a person (such as the priestess Delphi) through whom a god was believed to speak
2. the place (such as a shrine) where people went to ask questions of the oracle
3. an answer or message given by an oracle
   The holy oracle spoke in Ancient Greece.

Question 12

Pensive-

Answer 12

1. musingly or dreamingly thoughtful
2. suggestive of sad thoughtfulness
   She looked pensive as she posed on the lounge chair.

Question 13

Queue-

Answer 13

1. a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head
2. a waiting line esp. of persons or vehicles
3. a) a sequence of messages or jobs held in temporary storage awaiting transmission or processing b) a data structure that consists of a list of records such that the records are added at one end and removed at another
   The queue at target was so long on Black Friday.

Question 14

Sable-

Answer 14

1. of the color black
2. dark, gloomy
   The sable night spooked the horse and his rider.

Question 15

Acclaim-,

Answer 15

1. praise, applause
2. an overwhelming affirmative vote by cheers,
   shouts, or applause rather than by ballot
   After the recreation of the play, the audience roared with acclaim.