The Hiding Place Vocab Chapters 11-15

Question 1

Labyrinth

Answer 1

A complicated, irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze

Question 2

Timid

Answer 2

Showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened

Question 3

Elicit

Answer 3

Evoke or draw out (response, answer, fact) from someone in reaction to own actions or questions

Question 4

Dazzling

Answer 4

Extremely bright, especially so as to blind the eyes temporarily

Question 5

Quarantine

Answer 5

Estate, period or place of isolation, in which people are animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infections or conditions disease are placed

Question 6

Uneasiness

Answer 6

A feeling of anxiety or discomfort

Question 7

Montotonus

Answer 7

Dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking variety and interest

Question 8

Paradox

Answer 8

A seemingly absurd or self contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true

Question 9

Commotion

Answer 9

A state of confused and noisy disturbance

Question 10

Tribulation

Answer 10

A cause of great trouble or suffering

Question 11

Speculate

Answer 11

Form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence