MM Vocab

Question 1

anguish

Answer 1

(n.) a feeling of great physical or mental pain

Question 2

bindle

Answer 2

(n.) a small bundle of items rolled up inside a blanket and carried over the shoulder or on the back

Question 3

juncture

Answer 3

(n.) a place where two things come together

Question 4

morosely

Answer 4

(adv.) in a sad, gloomy manner

Question 5

recumbent

Answer 5

(adj.) still; without movement

Question 6

complacently

Answer 6

(adv.) in a pleased, satisfied manner

Question 7

gingerly

Answer 7

(adv.) in a careful, cautious way

Question 8

mollified

Answer 8

(adj.) soothed; pacified

Question 9

pugnacious

Answer 9

(adj.) eager and ready to fight

Question 10

scourges

Answer 10

(n.) anything that inflicts discomfort or suffering

Question 11

bemused

Answer 11

(adj.) preoccupied; deep in thought

Question 12

derision

Answer 12

(n.) ridicule or mockery

Question 13

reprehensible

Answer 13

(adj.) deserving of criticism

Question 14

aloof

Answer 14

(adj.) distant; removed; cool

Question 15

sullenly

Answer 15

(adv.) sadly; in a depressing or gloomy

Question 16

writhed

Answer 16

(v.) twisted

Question 17

craftily

Answer 17

(adv.) shrewdly

Question 18

cowering

Answer 18

(adj.) to shrink or crouch in fear

Question 19

poignant

Answer 19

(adj.) affecting or moving to the emotions

Question 20

itinerant

Answer 20

(adj.) moving from one place to work for a short time and then moving on to another