Spelling/Vocah (Week 9)

Question 1

to beg someone to do something

Answer 1

imploringly

Question 2

bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy

Answer 2

sullenly

Question 3

(of an idea or fact) fail to be grasped or remembered

Answer 3

eluded

Question 4

absolutely important or necessary; essential

Answer 4

vital

Question 5

feeling or showing annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

Answer 5

indignant

Question 6

give a surprise or shock to (someone) in order to make them act or change

Answer 6

jolt

Question 7

having or showing persistence

Answer 7

doggedly

Question 8

cold and forbidding

Answer 8

bleak

Question 9

speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowels

Answer 9

drawled

Question 10

physical strength in contrast to intelligence

Answer 10

brawl

Question 11

filled with horror or shock

Answer 11

aghast

Question 12

an act/deed, esp. a brilliant, bold, or heroic one

Answer 12

exploits

Question 13

the feeling that a person or thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving of hate

Answer 13

contemptuously

Question 14

distract (someone or their attention) from something

Answer 14

divert

Question 15

hesitant or unwilling; disinclined

Answer 15

reluctantly