LOF Vocab Chp 1-6

Question 0

Swathing

Answer 0

To bandage or wrap

Question 1

Specious

Answer 1

Superficially pleasing

Question 2

Effulgence

Answer 2

Brilliant radiance; a shining forth

Question 3

Enmity

Answer 3

Hostility

Question 4

Strident

Answer 4

Making or having a harsh sound

Question 5

Pliant

Answer 5

Easily influenced

Question 6

Immured

Answer 6

To confine

Question 7

Hiatus

Answer 7

A break or interruption in the continuity of work

Question 8

Gesticulated

Answer 8

To make or use gestures

Question 9

Errant

Answer 9

Digression

Question 10

Ebullience

Answer 10

High spirits

Question 11

Officious

Answer 11

Objectionable aggressive in offering ones unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice

Question 12

Tumult

Answer 12

Violent and noisy commotion

Question 13

Festooned

Answer 13

A fabric suspended, draped, and bound at intervals to form graceful loops or scalloped folds

Question 14

Avidly

Answer 14

Showing great enthusiasm for or interest in

Question 15

Inscrutable

Answer 15

Not easily understood

Question 16

Vicissitudes

Answer 16

A change or variation occurring in the course of something

Question 17

Contrite

Answer 17

Caused by or showing sincere remorse or guilt

Question 18

Rapt

Answer 18

Deeply engrossed or absorbed

Question 19

Blatant

Answer 19

(Of bad behavior) done openly and unashamedly

Question 20

Belligerence

Answer 20

Aggressive or warlike behavior

Question 21

Chastisement

Answer 21

The act of scolding or punishing someone

Question 22

Impalpable

Answer 22

Difficult for the mind to grasp readily or easily

Question 23

Myriad

Answer 23

A very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things

Question 24

Gyration

Answer 24

Circular or spiral motion

Question 25

Jeeringly

Answer 25

To speak or shout derisively

Question 26

Effigy

Answer 26

To mock someone

Question 27

Lamentation

Answer 27

The act of expressing grief

Question 28

Derisive

Answer 28

Rude

Question 29

Discursive

Answer 29

Passing aimlessly from one subject to another

Question 30

Incantation

Answer 30

A series of words said as a magic spell or charm

Question 31

Flailing

Answer 31

Wave or swing or cause to wave or swing wildly

Question 32

Waxy

Answer 32

Angry or impressionable

Question 33

Interminable

Answer 33

Unending

Question 34

Tremulously

Answer 34

Shaking or quivering slightly

Question 35

Embroiled

Answer 35

To bring to discord or conflict

Question 36

Diffidently

Answer 36

Shy

Question 37

Chasm

Answer 37

A deep fissure in the earth, rock, or another surface

Question 38

Mutinously

Answer 38

Rebellious