Short Story Vocab

Question 1

Finesse

Answer 1

(noun) skill and cleverness shown by how someone handles a situation

Question 2

Incessant/incessantly

Answer 2

(adjective/ adverb) non stop, without ending

Question 3

odious

Answer 3

(adjective) describes something deserving hatred

Question 4

nocturnal

Answer 4

describes something that is active at night

Question 5

palable

Answer 5

(adj) able to be touched or felt

Question 6

Tangible

Answer 6

(adj) describes something that has substance or reality; capable of being touched or precisely identified

Question 7

Disarming

Answer 7

(adj) describes something that removes feelings of unfriendliness or mistrust

Question 8

analytical

Answer 8

(adj) describes something that is skilled in breaking a whole into its arts and examining their relationship

Question 9

Futile

Answer 9

(adj) describes something that has no result or affect

Question 10

Condone

Answer 10

(verb) to forgive, overlook, or allow an offense (something bad) to happen

Question 11

anaylze

Answer 11

to study parts of something

Question 12

preclude

Answer 12

(verb) to prevent or make impossible before hand

Question 13

retribbution

Answer 13

(noun) punishment for doing something wrong

Question 14

avenge

Answer 14

(verb) to get revenge by punishing the wrongdoer

Question 15

connoisseur

Answer 15

(noun) a person who has a high level of knowledge or skill in a field

Question 16

accost

Answer 16

(verb) to approach and speak to in a challenging or aggressive way