Stephen King Vocab

Question 1

Affluent

Answer 1

having an abundance of wealth, property, or other material goods

Question 2

Vivacious

Answer 2

lively, animated, and spirited

Question 3

Coyly

Answer 3

in a hesitant or indirect manner

Question 4

Malevolence

Answer 4

the feeling of wanting to do evil to others

Question 5

Caricature

Answer 5

a picture or description that ludicrously exaggerates the peculiarities or defects of a person or thing

Question 6

Sullen

Answer 6

showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve

Question 7

Hiatus

Answer 7

a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, or action

Question 8

Trestle

Answer 8

a frame typically composed of a horizontal bar or beam rigidly joined or fitted at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier or a transverse support for planking

Question 9

Aptitude

Answer 9

innate or acquired capacity for something

Question 10

Garrison

Answer 10

a body of troops stationed in a fortified place

Question 11

Portable

Answer 11

capable of being transported or conveyed

Question 12

Pavlovian

Answer 12

of, relating to, or characteristic of Pavlov or his work, especially of experiments in which he elicited predictable responses from laboratory animals

Question 13

Trifle

Answer 13

an article or thing of very little value

Question 14

Vacuously

Answer 14

without contents or lacking in ideas or intelligence

Question 15

Orderly

Answer 15

a hospital attendant having general, non-medical duties

Question 16

Hesitation

Answer 16

a delay due to uncertainty of mind or fear

Question 17

Inevitable

Answer 17

unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped

Question 18

Potential

Answer 18

possible, as opposed to actual

Question 19

Freight

Answer 19

goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay, whether by water, land, or air

Question 20

Cadaverous

Answer 20

of or like a corpse