The Dead - James Joyce

Question 1

Palaver

Answer 1

• Unnecessarily elaborate or complex procedure
• Talk unproductively and at length

gossip, babble

Question 2

Scintillating

Answer 2

• Sparkling/shining brightly
• Brilliantly and excitingly clever of skillful

gleaming, shimmery, dazzling, exhilarating, effervescent

Question 3

Gilt

Answer 3

• Covered with gold
• Of the color gold

Question 4

Deprecation

Answer 4

The expression of a negative view of someone/thing

criticism, disapproval

Question 5

Mirthless

Answer 5

Lacking real amusemant and usually expressing irony

unamused, sulky, moody

Question 6

Wizened

Answer 6

Shriveled/wrinkled with age

withered, creased

Question 7

Swarthy

Answer 7

Dark-skinned

tanned

Question 8

Viand

Answer 8

• Item of food
• Philippines - meat, seafood, or vegetable dish served alongside rice

Question 9

Tumid

Answer 9

• Swollen area on a body
• Pompous/bombastic language or literary style

distended, engorged, puffy, overblown, turgid

Question 10

Imprecation

Answer 10

A spoken curse

hex, expletive, obscenity

Question 11

Tabinet

Answer 11

Fabric made from silk and worsted wool

Question 12

Paltry

Answer 12

Small or meager

petty, trivial, negligible

Question 13

Conceit

Answer 13

Excessive pride in oneself

vanity, narcissism, hubris

Question 14

Embrasure

Answer 14

Small opening in a parapet of a fortified building

Question 15

Acquiescence

Answer 15

Reluctant acceptance of something without protest

assent, yielding, conceding

Question 16

Pacifically

Answer 16

In a peacful, mild, calm, orquiet manner

civilly, harmoniously

Question 17

Blancmange

Answer 17

European dessert made with milk, sugar, and rice flour or gelatin - flavored with almonds

Question 18

Lugubrious

Answer 18

Looking/sounding sad and dismal

gloomy, mournful, morose, despondent

Question 19

Invidious

Answer 19

• Likely to arouse or incur resentment from others
• unfairly discriminating

unpleasant, difficult, unjust, one-sided

Question 20

Quay

Answer 20

Structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway meant as a landing place

wharf, dock

Question 21

Heliotrope

Answer 21

Plant of the borage family cultivated for its fragant purple or blue flowers; used in perfume

Question 22

Diffidence

Answer 22

Modesty/shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence

timidity, meekness, insecurity, hesitancy

Question 23

Ardour

Answer 23

Enthusiasm or passion

fervor, zeal, intensity, gusto, zest

Question 24

Impetuous

Answer 24

• Acting or done quikly and without thought/care
• Moving forcefully/rapidly

impulsive, rash, hasty, vigorous, torrential, raging

Question 25

Obliquely

Answer 25

* Roundabout or indirect manner * At an oblique angle