Short Story Vocabulary

Question 1

Finesse

Answer 1

• Noun
• Skill and cleverness shown by how someone handles a situation.
• She showed such FINESSE that we voted her to be leader of the club.

Question 2

Incessant

Answer 2

• Adjective
• Non-stop without ending.
• A circle is INCESSANT.

Question 3

Odious

Answer 3

• Adjective
• Describing something deserving of hatred.
• My brothers deserve a ODIOUS punishment.

Question 4

Nocturnal

Answer 4

• Adjective
• Active at night.
• Raccoons are NOCTURNAL.

Question 5

Palpable

Answer 5

• Adjective
• Able to be touched or felt.
• My chickens can be PALPABLE.

Question 6

Tangible

Answer 6

• Adjective
• Describes something that has substance or reality; capable of becoming touched or precisely identified.
• The TANGIBLE description of the criminal gave the police a good idea on who stole the jewelry.

Question 7

Disarming

Answer 7

• Adjective
• Describes something that removes feeling; distracting.
• The joke was so DISARMING, I forgot what I was going to say.

Question 8

Analyze

Answer 8

• Verb
• Studied the parts of something.
• The doctor ANALYZED my throat to see if I had Strep Throat.

Question 9

Analytical

Answer 9

• Adjective
• Describes something that is skilled in breaking a whole into parts examining.
• The scientist used his ANALYTICAL skills to piece together the experiment.

Question 10

Futile

Answer 10

• Adjective
• Describes something that has no result or effect.
• I studied my hardest, but my effort was FUTILE on my score earned on the test.

Question 11

Condone

Answer 11

• Adjective
• To forgive; to overlook.
• Murdering people is not CONDONED even if you were threatened.

Question 12

Avenge

Answer 12

• Verb
• Inflict harm in return for an injury or wrong done to oneself or another.
• I must AVENGE the murderer for killing my sister.

Question 13

Avenger

Answer 13

• Noun
• Someone who takes vengeance.
• The AVENGER slashed at my throat for cursing him out.

Question 14

Connoisseur

Answer 14

• Noun
• An expert judge in the matter of taste.
• The CONNOISSEUR tasted the wine and replied with divine to the maker.

Question 15

Retribution

Answer 15

• Noun
• Punishment that is considered to be morally right and fully deserved.
• Since the man murdered his mother, his RETRIBUTION was to be sentenced to death.

Question 16

Preclude

Answer 16

• Verb
• Prevent from happening; make impossible.
• Christine had to preclude burning the pancakes because she needed them to feed her children.