Short Story Vocabulary

Question 0

Incessant/incessantly

Answer 0

Verb

Non stop; without stoping

Endless constant

Question 1

Finesse

Answer 1

Noun

Extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.

Refinement; delicacy

Question 2

Odious

Answer 2

Describing something deserving of hatred

Abominable

Question 3

Nocturnal

Answer 3

Describes something that is active at night

Question 4

Palpable

Answer 4

Able to be touched or felt

Tangible, perceptible

Question 5

Tangible

Answer 5

Describing something that has substance or reality, capable of being touched or identified

Touchable

Question 6

Disarming

Answer 6

Describes something that removes feelings of unfriendliness or mistrust

Endearing, sweet

Question 7

Analytical

Answer 7

Describing something that is skilled in breaking a whole into its parts and examining

Logical

Question 8

Futile

Answer 8

Describing something that has no effect or no result

Fruitless ineffective

Question 9

Condone

Answer 9

To forgive, overlook or allow an offense

Disregard

Question 10

Avenge

Answer 10

Verb

to take vengeance or exact satisfaction for

Question 11

Avenger

Answer 11

to take vengeance on behalf of: He avenged his brother.

Question 12

Accost

Answer 12

to confront boldly

Question 13

Connoisseur

Answer 13

a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste: a connoisseur of modern art.

Question 14

Retribution

Answer 14

requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil.

Question 15

Preclude

Answer 15

to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.