The Metamorphosis and The Stranger

Question 1

Impracticable

Answer 1

Not practicable, incapable of being performed

Question 2

Lout

Answer 2

To bow in respect: submit, yield

Question 3

Obstinacy

Answer 3

The quality or state of being stubborn or difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue

Question 4

Rectify

Answer 4

To set right, to purify, to correct by removing errors

Question 5

Imminent

Answer 5

Ready to take place; hanging threateningly over one’s head

Question 6

Brandish

Answer 6

To shake or wave menacingly; to exhibit is an ostentatious or aggressive manner

Question 7

Prostrate

Answer 7

Stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission, lying flat

Question 8

Blandishment

Answer 8

Something that tends to coax or cajole

Question 9

Millinery

Answer 9

Women’s apparel for the head: the business or work of a milliner

Question 10

Pique

Answer 10

A transient feeling of wounded vanity; resentment

Question 11

Superfluous

Answer 11

Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary; not needed; marked by wastefulness

Question 12

Debacle

Answer 12

A tumultuous breakup of ice in a river; a violent disruption; a great disaster or complete failure

Question 13

Dawdle

Answer 13

To spend time idly or to move lackadaisically

Question 14

Incessantly

Answer 14

Continuing or following without interruption

Question 15

Nonplussed

Answer 15

A state of bafflement or perplexity

Question 16

Destitute

Answer 16

Lacking something needed or desirable: lacking possessions and resources, suffering extreme poverty

Question 17

Acolyte

Answer 17

One who assists a member of the clergy in a liturgical service by performing minor duties: one who assists or attends

Question 18

Dubious

Answer 18

Giving rise to uncertainty of a doubtful promise or outcome/questionable or suspect as to true nature or quality

Question 19

Dank

Answer 19

Unpleasantly moist or wet

Question 20

Taciturn

Answer 20

Temperamentally disinclined to talk

Question 21

Cortège

Answer 21

A train of attendants; especially a funeral procession

Question 22

Parricide

Answer 22

The act of murdering one’s close relative, as in a mother, father, or sibling

Question 23

Fêtes

Answer 23

Festival, a lavish often outdoor entertainment

Question 24

Procurer

Answer 24

One that procures (to get possession of or obtain by particular care and effort)

Question 25

Mitigating

Answer 25

To cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less sever or painful

Question 26

Odious

Answer 26

Arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance

Question 27

Mete

Answer 27

To give out by measure, dole, (usually used with “out” such as: mete out punishment)

Question 28

Interminable

Answer 28

Having or seeming to have no end, especially wearisomely protracted

Question 29

Extenuating

Answer 29

To make light of, to lessen or to try to lessen; to make think or emaciated, to lessen strength or effect of

Question 30

Imperturbable

Answer 30

Marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness