"Ready Player One" Vocab (Ch. 1-9)

Question 1

1. Dispose

Answer 1

to get rid of

Question 2

2. Fervor

Answer 2

an intense feeling

Question 3

3. Hoax

Answer 3

a deception, joke, or prank

Question 4

4. Adjacent

Answer 4

next to; sharing a side

Question 5

5. Frenetic

Answer 5

fast; wild (usually referring to the pace of something)

Question 6

6. Lucid

Answer 6

awake; coherent

Question 7

7. Disdain

Answer 7

the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect; contempt

Question 8

8. Piecemeal

Answer 8

done bit by bit; slowly

Question 9

9. Integral

Answer 9

essential

Question 10

10. Peripheral

Answer 10

relating to or situated on the edge or outer side of something.

Question 11

11. Decorum

Answer 11

good taste or etiquette

Question 12

12. Anthropology

Answer 12

the study of humans

Question 13

13. Hyperbole

Answer 13

an exaggerated statement

Question 14

14. Incessantly

Answer 14

done constantly or without pause

Question 15

15. Aloof

Answer 15

uninterested; distant

Question 16

16. Inept

Answer 16

having or showing no skill; clumsy

Question 17

17. Eccentricities

Answer 17

abnormalities; peculiarities

Question 18

18. Cryptic

Answer 18

having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure

Question 19

19. Malleable

Answer 19

easily changed; pliable

Question 20

20. Upheaval

Answer 20

a violent or sudden change or disruption to something

Question 21

21. Inconspicuous

Answer 21

Unnoticeable; unremarkable

Question 22

22. Asinine

Answer 22

stupid or foolish

Question 23

23. Axiom

Answer 23

an accepted truth; a principle

Question 24

24. Conjure

Answer 24

to make something appear

Question 25

25. Formidable

Answer 25

demanding respect or inspiring fear (often referring to an opponent)