The Curious Incident - Vocab Quiz 1 - English 9

Question 1

Muzzle

Answer 1

the projecting part of the face, including the nose and mouth of a horse or dog

Question 2

White Noise

Answer 2

noise containing many frequencies with equal intensities

Question 3

dementia

Answer 3

a condition with a persistent loss of intellectual functioning especially with memory and abstract thinking

Question 4

slander

Answer 4

the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging a person’s reputation

Question 5

apocryphal

Answer 5

of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true. the students refused to use apocryphal versions of the text

Question 6

corridor

Answer 6

a long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms

Question 7

sanctuary

Answer 7

a place of refuge or safety

Question 8

digression

Answer 8

a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

Question 9

red herring

Answer 9

a misleading clue or piece of information

Question 10

cremate

Answer 10

dispose of a dead person

Question 11

claustrophobia

Answer 11

fear of confined places

Question 12

amnesia

Answer 12

loss of memory

Question 13

anemic

Answer 13

condition that develops when your blood pressure is lower than normal

Question 14

intuition

Answer 14

the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning

Question 15

propagating

Answer 15

spread and promote (an idea, theory, etc.) widely

Question 16

silhouette

Answer 16

the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background, especially in dim light

Question 17

epilepsy

Answer 17

a neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain

Question 18

schizophrenia

Answer 18

a serious mental condition of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between though, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion and a sense of mental fragmentation

Question 19

captivity

Answer 19

the state or period of being held, imprisoned, enslaved or confined

Question 20

deduce

Answer 20

arrive at a fact or conclusion by reasoning

Question 21

nocturnal

Answer 21

done, occurring or active at night

Question 22

irate

Answer 22

feeling or characterized by great anger