Short Stories Vocab

Question 1

profusely

Answer 1

adverb, exhibiting great abundance; bountiful

Question 2

boisterous

Answer 2

adj. noisily turbulent; rowdy

Question 3

reprimand

Answer 3

noun or verb, a severe or formal reproof; to scold

Question 4

civic

Answer 4

adj. of or relating to a citizen, a city, citizenship, or community affairs

Question 5

jovial

Answer 5

adj. characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly

Question 6

paraphernalia

Answer 6

noun, articles of equipment

Question 7

perfunctory

Answer 7

adj. characterized by routine or superficiality; lacking in interest or enthusiasm

Question 8

interminably

Answer 8

adverb, having or seeming to have no end

Question 9

surly

Answer 9

adj. menacing or threatening in appearance

Question 10

ferocious

Answer 10

adj. exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality

Question 11

notion

Answer 11

noun, an individual’s conception or impression of something known, experienced, or imagined, Ex. The study disproves any notion that dolphins are not intelligent.

Question 12

recitation

Answer 12

noun, the action of repeating something aloud from memory

Question 13

treachery

Answer 13

noun, violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; treason

Question 14

furtive

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adj. done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed

Question 15

doctrine

Answer 15

noun, a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief, Ex. The government was founded on a doctrine of equality for all people.

Question 16

clabber

Answer 16

noun, sour milk that has thickened or curdled

Question 17

dasher

Answer 17

noun, a device having blades for agitating a liquid or semisolid

Question 18

trifle

Answer 18

noun, something of little value, substance, or importance

Question 19

aquiescence

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noun, passive acceptance or submission, Ex. good manners demanded our cheerful acquiescence to our host’s plans for dinner

Question 20

scrunitized

Answer 20

verb, to examine closely and minutely

Question 21

apprehensive

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adj. viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future

Question 22

incisively

Answer 22

adverb, impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation)

Question 23

facetiously

Answer 23

adverb, joking or jesting often inappropriately

Question 24

pungent

Answer 24

adj. having a sharply strong taste or smell

Question 25

solemnity

Answer 25

noun, formal or ceremonial observance of an occasion or event

Question 26

malodorous

Answer 26

adj. having a bad odor; highly improper

Question 27

concessions

Answer 27

noun, the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)