Masque and Open Window Vocab

Question 1

a costume ball or masquerade theme

Answer 1

masque

Question 2

Imposing and magnificent

Answer 2

august

Question 3

A large branched candlestick

Answer 3

candelabrum

Question 4

A pleasantly sharp quality

Answer 4

piquancy

Question 5

Elaborately designed

Answer 5

arabesque

Question 6

Disapproval

Answer 6

disapprobation

Question 7

Something apparently seen but having no physical reality

Answer 7

phantasm

Question 8

Clothing

Answer 8

habiliments

Question 9

A masked and costumed person who acts out pantimimes

Answer 9

mummer

Question 10

A false belief held in spite of evidence to the contrary

Answer 10

delusion

Question 11

Likely to happen presently; threatening

Answer 11

imminent

Question 12

A waterproof raincoat

Answer 12

mackintosh

Question 13

Despised; outcast

Answer 13

pariah

Question 14

persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery

Answer 14

cajole

Question 15

showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others

Answer 15

callous

Question 16

the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander

Answer 16

calumny

Question 17

truthful and straightforward; frank

Answer 17

candid

Question 18

bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative

Answer 18

cantankerous

Question 19

(of a person) tending to find fault or raise petty objections

Answer 19

captious

Question 20

sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way

Answer 20

caustic

Question 21

the expression of formal disapproval

Answer 21

censure

Question 22

distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated

Answer 22

chagrin

Question 23

a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud

Answer 23

charlatan

Question 24

(of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way

Answer 24

circuitous