The Black Cat Vocabulary

Question 1

docility

Answer 1

gentle, calm, sweet

Question 2

succinctly

Answer 2

short and to the point

Question 3

procuring

Answer 3

acquire, attain

Question 4

tinctured

Answer 4

touched by, a hint of

Question 5

fiend

Answer 5

a cruel wicked and inhuman person

Question 6

intemperance

Answer 6

alcoholism, drunkenness

Question 7

intemperate

Answer 7

yelling

Question 8

peevish

Answer 8

annoyed, irritated

Question 9

malevolence

Answer 9

bad

Question 10

gin-nurtured

Answer 10

while drunk

Question 11

atrocity

Answer 11

horrible sight; disaster

Question 12

debauch

Answer 12

hedonistic; doing what feels good and is fun without any regard to the consequences

Question 13

equivocal

Answer 13

doubt; ambivalence; can’t decide

Question 14

irrevocable

Answer 14

cannot be changed or taken away

Question 15

perverseness

Answer 15

going the wrong way

Question 16

consummate

Answer 16

seal the deal; final

Question 17

conflagration

Answer 17

fire

Question 18

apparition

Answer 18

(n.) a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance

Question 19

remorse

Answer 19

to be sorry

Question 20

stupefied

Answer 20

dumb-founded

Question 21

odious

Answer 21

bad smell

Question 22

unutterable

Answer 22

not able to be spoken about

Question 23

pestilence

Answer 23

something annoying

Question 24

pertinacity

Answer 24

perfect dedication

Question 25

chimeras

Answer 25

white lie, tiny sin

Question 26

wretched

Answer 26

terrible; pitiful

Question 27

maltreat

Answer 27

to treat in a rough or cruel way; abuse

Question 28

Gossamer

Answer 28

something delicate, light, or flimsy

Question 29

phantasm

Answer 29

ghost, specter

Question 30

sagacious

Answer 30

wise

Question 31

paltry

Answer 31

lacking importance or worth