passage three and four vocabulary

Question 1

indiscretion

Answer 1

lack of discretion; imprudence.

Question 2

brazen

Answer 2

shameless or impudent

Question 3

scepter

Answer 3

a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.

Question 4

perquisites

Answer 4

an incidental payment, benefit, privilege, or advantage over and above regular income, salary, or wages

Question 5

treasonable

Answer 5

of the nature of treason.

Question 6

anarchy

Answer 6

a state of society without government or law

Question 7

duplicity

Answer 7

deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing.

Question 8

parry

Answer 8

to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert

Question 9

incarnate

Answer 9

embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form:

Question 10

tumult

Answer 10

violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar

Question 11

rankled

Answer 11

(of unpleasant feelings, experiences, etc.) to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind; fester; be painful.

Question 12

soothsayer

Answer 12

a person who professes to foretell events.

Question 13

marauding

Answer 13

engaged in raiding for plunder, especially roaming about and ravaging an area

Question 14

foreboding

Answer 14

a prediction; portent.

Question 15

maundering

Answer 15

to talk in a rambling, foolish, or meaningless way.

Question 16

goad

Answer 16

a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.

Question 17

malediction

Answer 17

a curse; imprecation.

Question 18

abomination

Answer 18

anything abominable; anything greatly disliked or abhorred.

Question 19

headlong

Answer 19

with the head foremost; headfirst

Question 20

plummets

Answer 20

Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.

Question 21

comely

Answer 21

pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair

Question 22

blasphemy

Answer 22

impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.

Question 23

impious

Answer 23

not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly.

Question 24

discredited

Answer 24

to injure the credit or reputation of; defame

Question 25

coy

Answer 25

artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish

Question 26

heedless

Answer 26

careless; thoughtless; unmindful

Question 27

implacable

Answer 27

not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable

Question 28

vacillating

Answer 28

not resolute; wavering; indecisive; hesitating

Question 29

admonitory

Answer 29

tending or serving to admonish; warning

Question 30

laudatory

Answer 30

containing or expressing praise

Question 31

overwrought

Answer 31

extremely or excessively excited or agitated

Question 32

sepulcher

Answer 32

a tomb, grave, or burial place.

Question 33

nymphs

Answer 33

one of a numerous class of lesser deities of mythology, conceived of as beautiful maidens inhabiting the sea, rivers, woods, trees, mountains, meadows, etc., and frequently mentioned as attending a superior deity.

Question 34

obstinacy

Answer 34

the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness

Question 35

impiety

Answer 35

lack of piety; lack of reverence for God or sacred things; irreverence

Question 36

dichotomy

Answer 36

division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs.

Question 37

equivocal

Answer 37

allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, especially with intent to deceive or misguide; susceptible of double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous:
an equivocal answer.

Question 38

assonance

Answer 38

resemblance of sounds.

Question 39

anastrophe

Answer 39

inversion of the usual order of words.

Question 40

antithesis

Answer 40

opposition; contrast

Question 41

apostrophe

Answer 41

a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea, as “O Death, where is thy sting?”.

Question 42

precedent

Answer 42

Law. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.

Question 43

cynicism

Answer 43

cynical disposition, character, or belief.