Shades of Gray Vocab

Question 1

ominous

Answer 1

portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious

Question 2

exasperation

Answer 2

irritation; extreme annoyance

Question 3

dubious

Answer 3

doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt

Question 4

vanquished

Answer 4

to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.

Question 5

succulent

Answer 5

full of juice; juicy.

Question 6

fraternized

Answer 6

to associate in a fraternal or friendly way.

Question 7

apprehensive

Answer 7

uneasy or fearful about something that might happen:

Question 8

boastful

Answer 8

given to or characterized by boasting

Question 9

elated

Answer 9

very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:

Question 10

monotonous

Answer 10

lacking in variety; tediously unvarying:

Question 11

desolation

Answer 11

dreariness; barrenness.

Question 12

adversary

Answer 12

a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe.

Question 13

embossed

Answer 13

to raise or represent (surface designs) in relief.

Question 14

seceded

Answer 14

to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc.

Question 15

scarce

Answer 15

insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant:

Question 16

florid

Answer 16

reddish; ruddy; rosy:

Question 17

pungent

Answer 17

sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.

Question 18

opponent.

Answer 18

a person who is on an opposing side in a game, contest, controversy, or the like; adversary.

Question 19

disdain

Answer 19

to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.

Question 20

oppressive

Answer 20

burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: