The Road Vocab

Question 1

effigy

Answer 1

a model of person, often made to be destroyed as a protest or an expression of anger

Question 2

quaint

Answer 2

attractively unusual or old-fashioned; cute, charming (in design, architecture, or ambience)

Question 3

litany

Answer 3

a tedious recital or repetitive series; a list

Question 4

morel

Answer 4

a mushroom food that can be found in the forest

Question 5

heathen

Answer 5

a person who does not belong to a widely held religion; also, a person regarded as lacking culture or moral principles

Question 6

penitent

Answer 6

feeling or showing sorrow or regret for having done wrong; repentant

Question 7

outlandish

Answer 7

looking or sounding bizarre or unfamiliar

Question 8

advent

Answer 8

the arrival or beginning of something

Question 9

imbecile

Answer 9

a fool or idiot; idiotic

Question 10

remnant

Answer 10

a small remaining quantity of something

Question 11

flay

Answer 11

to whip or beat harshly as to remove the skin

Question 12

bludgeon

Answer 12

(n) a thick stick with a heavy end, used as a weapon.
(v) beat (someone) repeatedly with a bludgeon or other heavy object.

Question 13

gait

Answer 13

a person’s manner of walking

Question 14

bedlam

Answer 14

chaos or uproar and confusion

Question 15

bivouac

Answer 15

a temporary camp without tents or cover, used especially by soldiers or mountaineers.

Question 16

culvert

Answer 16

a tunnel carrying a stream or open drain under a road or railroad.

Question 17

emaciated

Answer 17

abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.

Question 18

coagulate

Answer 18

(of a fluid, especially blood) change to a solid or semisolid state.

Question 19

sutures

Answer 19

a stitch or row of stitches holding together the edges of a wound or surgical incision.

Question 20

isthmus

Answer 20

a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.