Tkam Vocab

Question 1

Apothecary

Answer 1

an early form of a pharmacist, apothecaries could also prescribe drugs.

Question 2

assuaged

Answer 2

to assuage is to lessen or to calm.

Question 3

beadle

Answer 3

a minor city official, lower in rank than either a sheriff or a policeman, whose main duties revolve around preserving order at various civil functions such as trials and town hall meetings.

Question 4

Brethren

Answer 4

in this case, members of a particular church or sect

Question 5

Corsets

Answer 5

a corset is a ladies undergarment designed to produce a particular effect on the figure. That effect usually results in a slim (or slimmer) waist and larger busts and hips

Question 6

Dictum

Answer 6

in this case, a formal statement of principle

Question 7

domiciled

Answer 7

a domicile is a house or a place where a person lives. If you are domiciled somewhere, you are living there.

Question 8

Eaves

Answer 8

the lower edges of a roof which usually project beyond the side of a building

Question 9

Foray

Answer 9

When you make a foray, you go somewhere or do something that is unusual or not normal for you.

Question 10

human chattels

Answer 10

Slaves

Question 11

impotent

Answer 11

Powerless

Question 12

impudent

Answer 12

is to be shamelessly bold, as if you don’t care what anyone thinks about you

Question 13

malevolent

Answer 13

Evil

Question 14

Methodists

Answer 14

members of a branch of a Protestant Christian denomination.

Question 15

Picket

Answer 15

a pointed or sharpened pole or stake.

Question 16

Piety

Answer 16

devotion to religious duties and practices

Question 17

predilection

Answer 17

a predilection is a preference, or a preferred way of doing something.

Question 18

Ramrod

Answer 18

rigid, severe, straight

Question 19

strictures

Answer 19

Conditions or rules

Question 20

Ambled

Answer 20

walked at a slow, leisurely pace

Question 21

Auburn

Answer 21

Reddish brown

Question 22

Condescended

Answer 22

To condescend is to agree to do something that you believe to be beneath your dignity.

Question 23

Covey

Answer 23

A group

Question 24

Crimson

Answer 24

Blood red

Question 25

Cunning

Answer 25

In this case, cunning means attractive or cute -- almost too cute

Question 26

Entailment

Answer 26

a legal situation regarding the use of inherited property.

Question 27

Hookworms

Answer 27

a type of intestinal parasite. .

Question 28

Immune

Answer 28

In this case, to be immune to something means that it has no effect on you.

Question 29

Indigenous

Answer 29

belonging to a particular region or country.

Question 30

Mortification

Answer 30

is a feeling of shame or the loss of self respect

Question 31

Seceded

Answer 31

To secede is to break away.

Question 32

Smilax

Answer 32

a bright green twinning vine, often used for holiday decorations

Question 33

Sojourn

Answer 33

a brief visit

Question 34

Subsequent

Answer 34

Something that is subsequent will follow closely after something else.

Question 35

Vexation

Answer 35

To vex is to annoy, so a vexation is something that causes annoyance or problems.

Question 36

Wallowing

Answer 36

In this case, to wallow is to indulge in something (usually an activity) with great enjoyment.

Question 37

Illicit

Answer 37

means unauthorized or improper.

Question 38

Amiable

Answer 38

Friendly

Question 39

Cootie

Answer 39

a slang term for a head louse. A louse (plural: lice) is a bloodsucking parasite.

Question 40

Diminutive

Answer 40

Smaller than normal

Question 41

disapprobation

Answer 41

Disproval