Short Story Vocabulary

Question 0

Incessant

Answer 0

Part of Speech- Adjective

Definition- Non-stop, without ending.

Sentence- The incessant chirping was driving me insane.

Question 1

Finesse

Answer 1

Part of Speech- Noun

Definition- Skill and cleverness shown by how someone handles a situation.

Example- My brother showed finesse when shooting the basketball.

Question 2

Incessantly

Answer 2

Part of Speech- Verb

Definition- Constant

Sentence- The babies screaming was incessantly.

Question 3

Odious

Answer 3

Part of Speech- Adjective

Definition- Describes something deserving hatred, awful.

Sentence- Murderers are odious.

Question 4

Nocturnal

Answer 4

Part of Speech- Adjective

Definition- Describes something that is active at night.

Sentence- Owls are nocturnal.

Question 5

Palpable

Answer 5

Parts of Speech- Adjective

Definition- Able to be felt.

Sentence- The woman’s anger is so palpable.

Question 6

Tangible

Answer 6

Part of Speech- adjective

Definition- Describes something that has substance or reality, it is capable of being touched or identified.

Sentence- Although I had no tangible evidence.

Question 7

Disarming

Answer 7

Part of Speech- adjective

Definition- something that removes feelings of unfriendliness or mistrust.

Sentence- The teachers smile was disarming.

Question 8

Analytical

Answer 8

Part of Speech- adjective

Definition- Someone or something that is skilled in breaking a whole into its parts and examining their relationships.

Sentence- He did an analytical study of the computer data.

Question 9

Futile

Answer 9

Part of Speech- adjective

Definition- Something that has no effect of result.

Sentence- Our efforts were futile.

Question 10

Condone

Answer 10

Part of Speech- Adjective

Definition-to allow

Sentence- if lying is repeatedly condoned, the liar will continue to lie.

Question 11

Preclude

Answer 11

Part of Speech- Verb

Definition- to prevent or make impossible beforehand.

Sentence- Adam Greenberg suffered a head injury in his first major league baseball game which precluded him from having a successful career.

Question 12

Retribution

Answer 12

Part of speech- noun

definition- punishment for doing something wrong.

sentence- jakes car had been totaled in the accident, and he wanted retribution so he took the other driver to court

Question 13

avenge

Answer 13

part of speech- verb

definition- to get revenge by punishing the wrongdoer

sentence- the brothers vowed to avenge the death of their father

Question 14

avenger

Answer 14

part of speech- noun

definition- someone who avenges a wrong

sentence- the avengers fight criminals

Question 15

connoisseur

Answer 15

part of speech- noun

definition- person who has a high level of knowledge or skill in a field

sentence- she goes to a different expensive restaurant every week because she is a connoisseur of fine foods.

Question 16

accost

Answer 16

part of speech- verb

definition- to approach and speak to in a challenging or aggressive way.

sentence- he was accosted by gang members on the subway