The Metamorphosis Vocab

Question 1

Gilt

Answer 1

gilded; gold in color; golden

Question 2

Reproach

Answer 2

to find fault with ( a person, group, etc.); blame; censure

Question 3

Rejoinders

Answer 3

an answer to a a reply; response

Question 4

Conspicuous

Answer 4

attracting special attention, as by outstanding qualities or eccentricities; easily seen or noticed; readily visibleor observable

Question 5

Harbinger

Answer 5

anything that foreshadwos a future event; omen; sign

Question 6

Indisposition

Answer 6

a slight illness; disinclination; unwillingness

Question 7

Capricious

Answer 7

subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic

Question 8

Divine

Answer 8

to perceive by intuition or insight; conjecture; prophecy

Question 9

Agape

Answer 9

with mouth wide open, as in wonder, surprise, or eagerness

Question 10

Surrpetitiously

Answer 10

obtained, done, made, etc,, by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine

Question 11

Deliverance

Answer 11

a thougth or judgment expressed; a formal or authoritative pronouncement; salvation; liberation

Question 12

Heedlessly

Answer 12

carelessly, thoguthlessly, unmindfully

Question 13

Taut

Answer 13

tightly drawn; tense; not slack

Question 14

Congealed

Answer 14

changed from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing; curdled; coagulated

Question 15

Conservatory

Answer 15

a school giving instruction in one or more of the find or dramatic arts; specifically a school of music

Question 16

Florin

Answer 16

a former gold coin of Austria, first issued in the middle of the 14th century

Question 17

Bolstered

Answer 17

added to, supported, or upheld

Question 18

Casement

Answer 18

a window sash opening on hinged that are genrally attached to the upright side of its frame

Question 19

Deranged

Answer 19

to disturb the condition, action, or function of

Question 20

Fret Saw

Answer 20

a long, narrow bladed saw used to cut ornamental work from

Question 21

Thin Wood Mollify

Answer 21

to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease

Question 22

Credenza

Answer 22

a sideboard or buffet especially one without legs

Question 23

Stenography

Answer 23

the act or process of writing in shorthand by hand or machine

Question 24

Pristine

Answer 24

having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied

Question 25

Remonstrances

Answer 25

presentation of reasons in opposition to something; a protest or reproof

Question 26

Quill

Answer 26

a bird’s feather made into a pen for writing

Question 27

Beck and Call

Answer 27

shortened form of beckon; to signal silently, by a nod or motion of the hand or finger, indicating a request or command

Question 28

beseechingly

Answer 28

entreatingly, imploringly, importunately, pleadingly

Question 29

Dung beetle

Answer 29

any of various scarab beetles that feed on or breed in dung

Question 30

Forays

Answer 30

a short raid or incursion; a first attempt or new undertaking

Question 31

Wistful

Answer 31

characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning; pensive

Question 32

Livery

Answer 32

characteristic dress; garb, or outward appearance; a uniform worn by servants

Question 33

Mawkishly

Answer 33

characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin