The Bloody Chamber

Question 1

indomitable

Answer 1

that which cannot be subdued or overcome, as persons, pride, courage
unconquerable
unyielding

Question 2

Egregious

Answer 2

remarkable or extraordinary in some bad way

glaring

Question 3

Bemused

Answer 3

confused, muddled, stupefied

lost in thought, preoccupied

Question 4

Sinuous

Answer 4

Having many turns, bends; winding

indirect, devious

Question 5

Derisive

Answer 5

ridiculing

mocking

Question 6

lustrate

Answer 6

to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method

Question 7

dolorous

Answer 7

full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow
grievous
mournful

Question 8

Eldritch

Answer 8

eerie, weird, spooky

Question 9

Evanescent

Answer 9

vanishing

fleeting

Question 10

deliquesce

Answer 10

to melt away

Question 11

sardonic

Answer 11

grimly mocking or cynical

sarcastic

Question 12

riven

Answer 12

rent or torn apart

Question 13

carapace

Answer 13

a shield or shell covering some or all of an animal

Question 14

nacreous

Answer 14

lustrous

pearly

Question 15

prise

Answer 15

to move or force open with or as if with a level

Question 16

baleful

Answer 16

full of menacing or malign forces

pernicious

Question 17

licentious

Answer 17

sexually unrestrained
lascivious
lewd

Question 18

recompense

Answer 18

to repay, remunerate, reward as for serves, aid, etc.

to pay or give compensation for; make restitution for damage, injury, or the like

Question 19

Libertine

Answer 19

one who is morally or sexually unrestrained

Question 20

interdiction

Answer 20

a command, order, prohibition

Question 21

inexorable

Answer 21

unyielding
unfaltering
unalterable

Question 22

desecrate

Answer 22

to profane or treat with sacrilege

Question 23

sonorous

Answer 23

loud, deep, or resonant, as a sound

Question 24

acrid

Answer 24

sharp or biting to the taste or smell