LOTF chpt1-2 Vocab

Question 1

Motif

Answer 1

A singe or repeated design or color

Question 2

Specious

Answer 2

Having deceptive attraction or allure

Question 3

Mirages

Answer 3

Optical effects appearing as a pool of water or a mirror in which distant object me are inverted

Question 4

Enmity

Answer 4

Hatred, ill will

Question 5

Strident

Answer 5

Characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound.

Question 6

Eccentric

Answer 6

Deviating from usual, established pattern or from accepted usage or conduct

Question 7

Furtive

Answer 7

Expressive of stealth; sly; secretive

Question 8

Mortification

Answer 8

A sense of humiliation, and shame caused by something wounding one’s pride or self respect

Question 9

Immured

Answer 9

Enclosed within, imprisioned

Question 10

Gesticulated

Answer 10

Made gestures, used the motions of the body or limbs to express an idea, sentiment, or attitude.

Question 11

Officious

Answer 11

Volunteering ones services where they are neither asked nor needed, meddlesome

Question 12

Ebullience

Answer 12

Quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings, exuberance

Question 13

Recrimination

Answer 13

A bitter retort, a charge against an accuser

Question 14

Pall

Answer 14

Something that covers or conceals, especially an overspreading element that produces an effect of gloom