short story vocab

Question 1

insolent

Answer 1

showing a rude or arrogant lack of respect

Question 2

bedlam

Answer 2

a scene of uproar or confusion

Question 3

rakishly

Answer 3

play boy manner

Question 4

haggard

Answer 4

looking exhausted and unwell, specifically from fatigue

Question 5

cannonading

Answer 5

discharging heavy guns continuously

Question 6

pandemonium

Answer 6

wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar

Question 7

insinuating

Answer 7

hinting at something bad in an indirect and unpleasant way

Question 8

craven

Answer 8

contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly

Question 9

rending

Answer 9

tearing something into 2 or more pieces

Question 10

distraught

Answer 10

deeply upset and agitated

Question 11

intrepidity

Answer 11

characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude and endurance

Question 12

magnanimity

Answer 12

the fact or condition of being magnanimous/generous

Question 13

pensively

Answer 13

dreamily thoughtful (reflective)

Question 14

ignoble

Answer 14

not honourable in character or purpose; dishonourable

Question 15

penitently

Answer 15

feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offences; remorseful

Question 16

vaudeville

Answer 16

a type of entertainment featuring a mixture of specialty acts such as burlesque comedy, song, and dance

Question 17

momus

Answer 17

the greek god of censure and mockery