Short Story Vocab.

Question 1

Finesse

Answer 1

Skill and cleverness by how someone handles a situation.

Question 2

Incessant

Answer 2

None-stop without ending

Question 3

Odious

Answer 3

Describes something deserving hatred

Question 4

Nocturnal

Answer 4

Describes something that is active at night

Question 5

Palpable

Answer 5

Able to be touched or felt

Question 6

Tangible

Answer 6

Describes something that has a substance or reality capable of being touched or being present

Question 7

Disarming

Answer 7

Describes something that removes feelings of unfriendliness or mistrust

Question 8

Futile

Answer 8

Describes something that has no result of effect

Question 9

Condone

Answer 9

To forgive overlook or allow on offense

Question 10

preclude

Answer 10

to prevent or make impossible beforehand

Question 11

retribution

Answer 11

punishment for doing something wrong

Question 12

avenge

Answer 12

get revenge by punishing the wrong doer.

Question 13

avenger

Answer 13

someone who avenges a wrong doer.

Question 14

connoisseur

Answer 14

a person who has a high level of knowledge of a skill field.

Question 15

virtuoso

Answer 15

to approach and speak in a aggressive way.

Question 16

murmur

Answer 16

quiet sound

Question 17

annihilate

Answer 17

to obliterate

Question 18

expendable

Answer 18

made to be used once then be destroyed

Question 19

correlate

Answer 19

to have a mutual relationship.

Question 20

paradox

Answer 20

two things that seem impossible but are acually possible

Question 21

delirium

Answer 21

confused

Question 22

resilent

Answer 22

to coil

Question 23

undulate

Answer 23

move in a smooth live motion

Question 24

stagnating

Answer 24

cease to flow or move

Question 25

revoke

Answer 25

put the end to the validity