old man and the sea part II

Question 1

carapace

Answer 1

hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

Question 2

contempt

Answer 2

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

Question 3

mysticism

Answer 3

obscure or irrational thought

Question 4

grippe

Answer 4

an acute highly contagious viral disease

Question 5

myriad

Answer 5

a large indefinite number (used without a preposition)

Question 6

annul

Answer 6

cancel officially

Question 7

imperceptible

Answer 7

impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses

Question 8

intolerable

Answer 8

incapable of being put up with

Question 9

rapier

Answer 9

a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges

Question 10

carcass

Answer 10

the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

Question 11

sustenance

Answer 11

a source of materials to nourish the body

Question 12

interminable

Answer 12

tiresomely long; seemingly without end

Question 13

astern

Answer 13

at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane

Question 14

malignancy

Answer 14

quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will

Question 15

filament

Answer 15

a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)