Short Story 2 Vocab

Question 0

N - over flowing flattery or poise

Answer 0

Adulation

Question 1

V - To go away quickly and secretly

Answer 1

Abscond

Question 2

Adj - terrified, shocked

Answer 2

Aghast

Question 3

N - great mental or physical suffering

Answer 3

Anguish

Question 4

N - a fleet

Answer 4

Armada

Question 5

V - to move from side to side in an uncontrolled manner

Answer 5

Careen

Question 6

N - expert knowledge in some particular field, often in matters of art or fine goods

Answer 6

Connoisseurship

Question 7

Adj - unable to be comforted, dejected

Answer 7

Disconsolate

Question 8

Adj - stubborn, persistent

Answer 8

Dogged

Question 9

Adj - unreasonably high

Answer 9

Exorbitant

Question 10

Adj - from a faraway and fantastic place

Answer 10

Exotic

Question 11

N - the complete range of something

Answer 11

Gamut

Question 12

N - controversial belief

Answer 12

Heresy

Question 13

Adj - about to happen

Answer 13

Imminent

Question 14

N - protection against punishment

Answer 14

Impunity

Question 15

Adj - continuous

Answer 15

Incessant

Question 16

N - not capable of error

Answer 16

Infallibility

Question 17

Adj - sad

Answer 17

Plaintive

Question 18

N - dignified and serene behavior

Answer 18

Poise

Question 19

Adj - 1. insecure 2. Based on unproved statements or conclusions

Answer 19

Precarious

Question 20

V - to make impossible

Answer 20

Preclude

Question 21

Adj - neat and trim

Answer 21

Prim

Question 22

V - to say over and over again

Answer 22

Reiterate

Question 23

V - to lie at rest

Answer 23

Repose

Question 24

Adj - gloomy slow

Answer 24

Sullen

Question 25

N - bright red

Answer 25

Vermilion