The Awakening Vocab

Question 1

(n) a person’s face or facial expression

Answer 1

countenance

Question 2

(v) reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling)

Answer 2

evince

Question 3

(adj) understood or implied without being stated

Answer 3

tacit

Question 4

(n) a burden or impediment

Answer 4

encumbrance

Question 5

(v) to erase (a mark) from a surface; make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous

Answer 5

efface

Question 6

(n) an extremely small amount

Answer 6

iota

Question 7

(adj) proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects; treacherous, crafty

Answer 7

insidious

Question 8

(adj) not allowing fluid to pass through; unable to be affected by

Answer 8

impervious

Question 9

(adj) (of relations between people) having a spirit of friendliness; without serious disagreement or rancor

Answer 9

amicable

Question 10

(n) the behavior of thinking of people who are too easily shocked or offended: prudish behavior or attitudes

Answer 10

prudery

Question 11

(adj) having or revealing a tendency to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity; excessively concerned with sexual propriety

Answer 11

prudish

Question 12

(n) the state or practice of refraining from extramarital, or especially from all, sexual intercourse

Answer 12

chastity

Question 13

(adj) abstaining from extramarital, or from all, sexual intercourse

Answer 13

chaste

Question 14

(adj) acutely distressing

Answer 14

harrowing

Question 15

(adj) curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement

Answer 15

droll

Question 16

(adj) (of a person) pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one’s own; (of a thing) pleasant or agreeable because suited to one’s taste or inclination

Answer 16

congenial

Question 17

(v) lay oneself flat on the ground face downward, especially in reverence or submission

Answer 17

prostrate

Question 18

(v) to give or grant (something) to (someone) in a gracious or condescending manner; reveal or disclose (information)

Answer 18

vouchsafe

Question 19

(v) make a forcefully reproachful protest

Answer 19

remonstrate

Question 20

(adj) (of a person’s voice or other sound) imposingly deep and full; capable of producing a deep or ringing sound

Answer 20

sonorous

Question 21

(v) drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something; drive forward; propel

Answer 21

impel

Question 22

(adj) extremely or unusually small

Answer 22

diminutive

Question 23

(adj) expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner

Answer 23

effusive

Question 24

(n) enthusiasm or passion

Answer 24

ardor

Question 25

(v) assent or agree to a demand, request, or treaty

Answer 25

accede

Question 26

(adj) lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm; (of conversation or speech) going constantly from one subject to another in a halfhearted way; unfocused

Answer 26

desultory

Question 27

(adj) given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

Answer 27

capricious