Modern Short Stories

Question 0

Bracken

Answer 0

The plants in my garden are dying because of the bracken all around it.

Question 1

Predatory

Answer 1

Cats are predatory to most rats.

Question 2

Cuckold

Answer 2

He’s such a cuckold, but you can’t blame him; nobody could control that woman.

Question 3

Cupola

Answer 3

The lookout on the cupola saw the enemy coming, we need to call the troops!

Question 4

Vanquish

Answer 4

When the Russians were vanquished by the Mongols, they lost about 200 years of development as a country.

Question 5

Vindicated

Answer 5

I was charged for murder, but I was vindicated.

Question 6

Jalousie

Answer 6

The Jalousie was letting all the heat out, so I had to close it.

Question 7

Cabal

Answer 7

The cabal met the other day and decided protests will start tomorrow and they’ll go from there.

Question 8

Torso

Answer 8

This shirt fits my torso perfectly!

Question 9

Sibilant

Answer 9

The sibilant sound coming from the garden turned out to be a family of snakes.

Question 10

Palpable

Answer 10

It’s so humid outside it’s nearly palpable!

Question 11

Gaunt

Answer 11

He’s been sick for so long I wouldn’t be surprised if he looks as gaunt as a skeleton.

Question 12

Bovine

Answer 12

Bovine animals are always so peaceful on a farm, they never cause trouble.

Question 13

Lethargic

Answer 13

Sloths are even more lethargic in real life than on video!

Question 14

Scoriation

Answer 14

My trash can is covered with scoriations because of the squirrels.

Question 15

Cravat

Answer 15

This cravat is so tight I’m going to end up strangling myself!

Question 16

Hydroplane

Answer 16

The hydroplane landed gracefully in the water.

Question 17

Inscrutable

Answer 17

The evidence is all inscrutably missing.

Question 18

Peccadillo

Answer 18

Emily, killing someone isn’t just a peccadillo!

Question 19

Blatant

Answer 19

This essay has so many blatant falsehoods in it, I refused to read anymore of it.

Question 20

Patronize

Answer 20

Mom, stop patronizing me, I’m not a kid anymore!

Question 21

Grimace

Answer 21

He’s so stoic you could break his arm and all you’d get was a grimace.

Question 22

Surreptitiously

Answer 22

The cabal met surreptitiously.

Question 23

Imprecations

Answer 23

She was so mad, I think we heard every imprecation in the book!

Question 24

Valise

Answer 24

What’s in this valise?! It must be 40 pounds!