"Ready Player One" (Ch. 10-39)

Question 1

26. Smitten

Answer 1

strongly attracted to someone or something

Question 2

27. Ramifications

Answer 2

​​the consequences of an action or event

Question 3

28. Stoic

Answer 3

a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining

Question 4

29. Ominous

Answer 4

threatening

Question 5

30. Subvert

Answer 5

undermine or threaten the power and authority of (an established system or institution)

Question 6

31. Fascism

Answer 6

a way of organizing a society in which a government ruled by an all-powerful dictator controls the lives of the people who are not allowed to disagree with the government. This society is has a top-down system with rigid class roles

Question 7

32. Quintessential

Answer 7

prototypical; the ideal form of something

Question 8

33. Dilapidated

Answer 8

run down; deteriorated

Question 9

34. Colloquial

Answer 9

informal (often referred to language used in casual conversation)

Question 10

35. Precocious

Answer 10

having developed certain abilities or likings at an earlier age than usual (referring to a child)

Question 11

36. Circumvent

Answer 11

to find a way around

Question 12

37. Tactile

Answer 12

connected to the sense of touch

Question 13

38. Contradict

Answer 13

to oppose; to counter

Question 14

39. Sadistic

Answer 14

getting pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others

Question 15

40. Eclectic

Answer 15

deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources

Question 16

41. Berate

Answer 16

to scold or criticize angrily

Question 17

42. Archaic

Answer 17

very old or out of date

Question 18

43. Despondent

Answer 18

discouraged; disheartened

Question 19

44. Inconsolable

Answer 19

not able to be comforted or alleviated (of a person or their sorrow, grief, and sadness)

Question 20

45. Inexorable

Answer 20

unstoppable; unavoidable

Question 21

46. Augment

Answer 21

to make something greater by adding to it

Question 22

47. Indenturement

Answer 22

a contract binding one person to work for another for a given period of time to pay back some sort of debt

Question 23

48. Implicit

Answer 23

implied though not plainly expressed (usually referring to somebody’s biases)

Question 24

49. Ornate

Answer 24

elaborately decorated; fancy

Question 25

50. Revel

Answer 25

to enjoy greatly