Lit Vocab 1

Question 1

Congruent

Answer 1

In agreement or harmony.

Question 2

Invigorate

Answer 2

Give strength or energy to.
Syn- empower

Question 3

Indefatigable

Answer 3

Persisting tirelessly.

Question 4

Cordon

Answer 4

A line or circle of police, soldiers, or guards preventing access to an area.

Question 5

Lassitude

Answer 5

A state of mental or physical exhaustion or lack of energy.

Question 6

Belligerent

Answer 6

Hostile or aggressive.

Question 7

Lurid

Answer 7

Vivid in color, especially so as to create an unpleasant or unnatural effect/ (of a description) presented in shocking or sensational terms.

Question 8

Commend

Answer 8

Praise formally or officially/ present as suitable for approval or acceptance; recommend.

Question 9

Foreboding

Answer 9

The sense that something bad will happen.

Question 10

Fusillade

Answer 10

Continuous and simultaneous firing of guns on command (like a civil war firing line)

Question 11

Precipitate

Answer 11

Cause something (usually a bad thing) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly or prematurely.

Question 12

Intimation

Answer 12

An indication or hint.

Question 13

Apparition

Answer 13

A ghost or ghostlike image of someone

Question 14

Surmount

Answer 14

Overcome

Question 15

Desist

Answer 15

Stop

Question 16

Avail

Answer 16

Help or benefit.

Question 17

Benefactor

Answer 17

A person who gives money or help to someone or a group or cause.

Question 18

Repugnance

Answer 18

Intense disgust.

Question 19

Atrium

Answer 19

Large open area in the center of a building spanning many floors, sometimes with a glass roof (like Cornwall).

Question 20

Conflagration

Answer 20

An extensive fire which covers a large area and destroys lots of land and property (like a forest fire).

Question 21

Sodden

Answer 21

Saturated with liquid.

Question 22

Forthwith

Answer 22

Immediately.

Question 23

Tidings

Answer 23

News.

Question 24

Advent.

Answer 24

Arrival of something important (a person, event, etc.)

Question 25

Sentinel

Answer 25

Someone who is assigned to stand and keep watch.

Question 26

Misanthrope

Answer 26

Someone who hates people and society.

Question 27

Brevity

Answer 27

Concise or exact use of words.

Question 28

Inert

Answer 28

Lacking the strength to move.

Question 29

Ascertain

Answer 29

Find something out for certain.

Question 30

Ululation

Answer 30

A long, high pitched howl.

Question 31

Cowl

Answer 31

A loose hood on a robe (like what Aragorn was wearing in the corner of the inn in Bree).

Question 32

Cowl

Answer 32

A loose hood on a robe (like what Aragorn was wearing in the corner of the inn in Bree).

Question 33

Austere

Answer 33

Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance; (of a lifestyle) living by the bare essentials.

Question 34

Esoteric

Answer 34

Something so specific that it can only be understood by people with a specific knowledge or interest.

Question 35

Polymath

Answer 35

Someone with a wide range of knowledge.

Question 36

Torrent

Answer 36

A strong, fast-moving stream of water or of another liquid.

Question 37

Notwithstanding

Answer 37

In spite of or nevertheless.

Question 38

Stalwart

Answer 38

Loyal, reliable, hardworking.

Question 39

Paroxysm

Answer 39

A sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion.

Question 40

Sallow

Answer 40

An unhealthy brown or yellow complexion.

Question 41

Delusive

Answer 41

Giving a false or misleading impression.

Question 42

Contrived

Answer 42

Deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.

Question 43

Impetus

Answer 43

The force or energy that drives something (wood is fire’s impetus).

Question 44

Circumspection

Answer 44

The quality of being careful. Adverb- circumspectly

Question 45

Reproach

Answer 45

Adress in a way to express disapproval.

Question 46

Transient

Answer 46

Lasting for a short time.

Question 47

Facetious

Answer 47

Treating serious situations with unserious behavior.

Question 48

Transitory

Answer 48

Not permanent.

Question 49

Eloquent

Answer 49

Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.

Question 50

Vitiate

Answer 50

Spoil or impart the quality or efficiency of.

Question 51

Timorous

Answer 51

Showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence.

Question 52

Imterminable

Answer 52

Endless.

Question 53

Folly

Answer 53

Foolishness.

Question 54

Circuitous

Answer 54

Of a journey or route, longer than the most direct way.

Question 55

Vestige

Answer 55

A trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists.

Question 56

Vitality

Answer 56

The state of being full of energy.

Question 57

Pious

Answer 57

Devoutly religious.

Question 58

Apprehensive

Answer 58

Fearful that something bad will happen.

Question 59

Inkling

Answer 59

A slight knowledge, suspicion, or hint at something.

Question 60

Reconnoiter

Answer 60

Full form of the word ‘recon’

Question 61

Propagate

Answer 61

Spread.

Question 62

Putrescent

Answer 62

Rotting.

Question 63

Diminutive

Answer 63

Extremely or unusually small.

Question 64

Ordain

Answer 64

Order officially, especially of a powerful leader or god.

Question 65

Endearing

Answer 65

Causing love or affection.

Question 66

Idiosyncrasy

Answer 66

A unique characteristic.

Question 67

Obligatory

Answer 67

Required.

Question 68

Morose

Answer 68

Very unhappy and annoyed.

Question 69

Inhibition

Answer 69

A feeling that makes one self conscious or unable to relax.

Question 70

Gratuitous

Answer 70

Uncalled for, lacking good reason, unwarranted.

Question 71

Vagrant

Answer 71

Nomad, vagabond, homeless.