Their Eyes Were Watching God-Vocab Set 2

Question 0

Sullenly (adjective)

Answer 0

Showing resentment and bad humor

Sentence: She sullenly glanced back at the tombstone before leaving the graveyard and thought back regretfully at her actions.

Question 1

Temporized (verb)

Answer 1

To suit one’s actions or thoughts at the time

Sentence: Prince Charles cleverly temporized with both powers.

Question 2

Futility (noun)

Answer 2

Despair, giving up

Sentence: She didn’t want to face the futility of her situation, not yet!

Question 3

Abyss (noun)

Answer 3

Darkness, deep hole

Sentence: She glanced down at the black abyss before them.

Question 4

Broached (verb)

Answer 4

To bring up a subject, to approach

Sentence: That evening after dinner, she broached the subject.

Question 5

Glimpsed (noun)

Answer 5

She caught a glimpse of the meeting that was being held through the locked doors.

Question 6

Transients (adjective)

Answer 6

People who move from place to place

Sentence: The transient population numbers more than 100,000 annually

Question 7

Suppressed (verb)

Answer 7

Muffled

Sentence: He suppressed a sigh, sensing she was beyond mercy for anyone on her list.

Question 8

Mauled (verb)

Answer 8

Pulled apart, damaged

Sentence: Their ships were severely mauled and their whole force was crippled which lead to the other nation’s victory.

Question 9

Earnestness (adjective)

Answer 9

Seriousness, wanting to be believed

Sentence: Even his opponents admitted to admiring the earnestness with which he defended a cause.

Question 10

Sacrilege (noun)

Answer 10

Disrespectful treatment of a person

Sentence: Some were rumored to have hired a taxi for the climb, sacrilege for a true pilgrim.

Question 11

Homage (noun)

Answer 11

Respect

Sentence: They have only refused to do homage to the Roman gods.

Question 12

Smite (verb)

Answer 12

To strike down

Sentence: The guardians of the national myth would rise up and smite them as unbelievers

Question 13

Pinnacles (noun)

Answer 13

The highest point, mountaintops

Sentence: Surely, we have now reached the pinnacle of human communication.

Question 14

Defilement (noun)

Answer 14

To make filthy or dirty, to profane

Sentence: He was sentenced to 35 years of prison for the defilement of the young girl.

Question 15

Fissures (noun)

Answer 15

Cracks or breaks in a structure

Sentence: In some ways, pollution of caves is inevitable due to the cracks and fissures in the rock surrounding them.

Question 16

Contended (verb)

Answer 16

To hold to be a fact

Sentence: He was also constantly in trouble, charged with crimes he contended were setups by enemies seeking to frame him.

Question 17

Preempted (verb)

Answer 17

Taken over

Sentence: Unfortunately, the event is preempted when time turns out to be cyclic.

Question 18

Oblique (adjective)

Answer 18

Any angle other than a right angle

Sentence: By depositing these rods at an oblique angle, the scientists created an uneven film with various gaps in it.

Question 19

Havoc (noun)

Answer 19

Great destruction & devastation

Sentence: Jet lag was playing havoc with my system.

Question 20

Supplication (noun)

Answer 20

To ask for something in prayer

Sentence: Supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Question 21

Delirium (noun)

Answer 21

A high fever

Sentence: In cases of poisoning the delirium may last for many hours or even days.

Question 22

Justifiable (adjective)

Answer 22

To be free from blame

Sentence: There is no, absolutely no justifiable excuse for their behavior.

Question 23

Commenced (verb)

Answer 23

To begin

Sentence: The horses, startled by the noise, commenced plunging furiously.