LOTF Vocab. #3

Question 1

Traverse

Answer 1

travel across or through

Question 2

Ungainly

Answer 2

(of a person or movement) awkward; clumsy

Question 3

Inimical

Answer 3

• tending to cause harm
• unfriendly; hostile

Question 4

Crestfallen

Answer 4

sad and disappointed

Question 5

Protrude

Answer 5

extend beyond or above a surface

Question 6

Detached

Answer 6

separate or disconnected

Question 7

Exultation

Answer 7

a feeling of triumphant elation or jubilation; rejoicing, joyful

Question 8

Steadfast

Answer 8

resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering

Question 9

Uncommunicative

Answer 9

(of a person) unwilling to talk or impart information

Question 10

Corpulent

Answer 10

(of a person) fat

Question 11

Primly

Answer 11

in a proper, neat, precise, or modest way

Question 12

Demented

Answer 12

behaving wildly and irrationally on account of anger, distress, or excitement

Question 13

Solemnly

Answer 13

in a formal and dignified manner; deep sincerity

Question 14

Interrogative

Answer 14

• having or conveying the force of a question
• used in a question

Question 15

Dredged

Answer 15

to remove unwanted things from the bottom of a river, lake, etc

Question 16

Truculently

Answer 16

in an aggressively hostile, belligerent, or quarrelsome way

Question 17

Parried

Answer 17

• ward off (a weapon or attack) with a countermove
• answer (a question or accusation) evasively

Question 18

Ululation

Answer 18

a long, loud, wavering cry

Question 19

Antiphonal

Answer 19

sung, recited, or played alternately by two groups

Question 20

Goaded

Answer 20

provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction