Tempest Vocab

Question 1

Fen (n.)

Answer 1

A low and marshy or frequently flooded area of land

Question 2

Solipism (n.)

Answer 2

The belief that the only thing that can possibly be proved real is the self

Question 3

Auspicious (adj.)

Answer 3

Favorable and suggestive of good things to come

Question 4

jocund (adj.)

Answer 4

Having high spirits and lively displays of happiness

Question 5

dissemble (v.)

Answer 5

To tell a lie by taking on a false appearance or behavior (can be both transitive and instransitive)

Question 6

Palimpsest (n.)

Answer 6

A written record which has had the original writing erased and overwritten, but which is still visible in places

Question 7

Sinecure (n.)

Answer 7

A job or position that requires little or no actual work

Question 8

Perfidious (adj.)

Answer 8

Deceitful and untrustworthy; devoted to treachery

Question 9

Prerogative (n.)

Answer 9

An exclusive or special right, power, or privilege

Question 10

upbraid (v.)

Answer 10

Find fault with someone; scold; criticize

Question 11

Abstemious (adj.)

Answer 11

Not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking

Question 12

Chastise (v.)

Answer 12

Rebuke or criticize harshly and severely; punish (dated)

Question 13

Sinew (n.)

Answer 13

a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone; a tendon or ligament; the part of system that gives it strength

Question 14

Vapid (adj.)

Answer 14

A lack of substance, empty of thought or meaning

Question 15

Inviolate (adj.)

Answer 15

Protected from any sort of interference or physical attack