The Lady or the Tiger Vocab

Question 1

Barbaric

Answer 1

Savagely cruel; exceedingly brutal.
“he had carried out barbaric acts in the name of war”
Synonym: vicious

Question 2

Emanate

Answer 2

(Of something abstract but perceptible) issue or spread out from (a source).
“warmth emanated from the fireplace”
Synonym: radiate

Question 3

Epithalamic

Answer 3

A song or poem in honor of a bride and bridegroom.
“belonging to, or designed for, an epithalamium.”
Synonym: wedded

Question 4

Imperious

Answer 4

Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering.
“his imperious demands”
Synonym: commanding

Question 5

Untrammeled

Answer 5

Not deprived of freedom of action or expression; not restricted or hampered.
“a mind untrammeled by convention”
Synonym: unlimited