Our Town Vocab 1

Question 1

Abrupt

Answer 1

exceedingly sudden and unexpected

Question 2

Awed

Answer 2

inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence

Question 3

Belligerent

Answer 3

characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight, the guilty party who started the fight

Question 4

Depot

Answer 4

a station for loading and unloading passengers or goods

Question 5

Despair

Answer 5

abandon hope; lose heart

Question 6

Diligent

Answer 6

characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks

Question 7

Discontented

Answer 7

showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing

Question 8

Evidence

Answer 8

an indication that makes something apparent

Question 9

Fatigue

Answer 9

temporary loss of strength and energy from hard work

Question 10

Indifferent

Answer 10

marked by no special preference for one thing over another

Question 11

Laden

Answer 11

filled with a great quantity

Question 12

Migration

Answer 12

the movement of persons from one locality to another

Question 13

Obliged

Answer 13

having a moral duty to do something

Question 14

Proscenium

Answer 14

the part of a stage between the curtain and the orchestral

Question 15

Reckon

Answer 15

expect, believe, or suppose

Question 16

Savant

Answer 16

a learned person in some specialized field

Question 17

Trellis

Answer 17

latticework used to support climbing plants

Question 18

Vestige

Answer 18

an indication that something has been present

Question 19

Yonder

Answer 19

in an indicated distant place