TKaM Vocab

Question 1

Make an unpleasant feeling less intense; satisfy

Answer 1

Assuaged

Question 2

A personal possession

Answer 2

Chattel

Question 3

Not spoiled or made impure

Answer 3

Unsullied

Question 4

A lock of hair that grows in a direction different from the rest and that resists being combed

Answer 4

Cowlick

Question 5

Not showing care for the consequences of an action

Answer 5

Imprudent

Question 6

Continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty

Answer 6

Persevere

Question 7

Forbidden by law, rules, or custom; illegal

Answer 7

Illicit

Question 8

A temporary stay

Answer 8

Sojourn

Question 9

Causing or likely to cause an argument

Answer 9

Contentious

Question 10

Causing or affected by great anxiety or stress

Answer 10

Fraught

Question 11

Exemption from a rule or unusual requirement

Answer 11

Dispensation

Question 12

(Typically in children) irritable, grumpy, bad-tempered

Answer 12

Fractious

Question 13

Not friendly or forthcoming; antisocial

Answer 13

Aloof

Question 14

Understood or implied without being stated

Answer 14

Tacit

Question 15

Scary; gloomy

Answer 15

Morbid

Question 16

Desire to do good to others; charity

Answer 16

Benevolence

Question 17

Cruel and oppressive government or rule

Answer 17

Tyranny

Question 18

Gentle; kindly

Answer 18

Benign

Question 19

Happen or occur afterward as a result

Answer 19

Ensuing

Question 20

Skill or expertise in a particular activity or field

Answer 20

Prowess

Question 21

Innocent person or child

Answer 21

Cherub

Question 22

A feeling of being perplexed and confused

Answer 22

Bewilderment

Question 23

A departure from what is normal, unusual, or expected; something different from the usual

Answer 23

Aberration

Question 24

Approached and address someone boldly or aggressively

Answer 24

Accosted

Question 25

To find something out of certain; discover

Answer 25

Ascertain

Question 26

Split or sever something

Answer 26

Cleaved

Question 27

Maintain a corpse from decay

Answer 27

Embalming

Question 28

Lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness

Answer 28

Feeble

Question 29

Of, involving, or absorbed in meditation or considered thought

Answer 29

Meditative

Question 30

Incapable of being fully explored or understood

Answer 30

Unfathomable

Question 31

A period of keeping awake during the time usually spent sleep

Answer 31

Vigil

Question 32

Carve an object from wood by repeatedly cutting small slices from it

Answer 32

Whittle

Question 33

Similar in some way; comparable

Answer 33

Analogous

Question 34

Cause someone to be hostile or unfriendly

Answer 34

Antagonize

Question 35

Clothing or accessories

Answer 35

Habliments

Question 36

Snobbish; disdainfully proud; lack of respect

Answer 36

Haughty

Question 37

A thin, plain-weave, semitransparent fabric of cotton, wool, or silk. (Lightweight)

Answer 37

Voile

Question 38

Not in a direct way; indirectly

Answer 38

Obliquely

Question 39

The system of dividing society into hereditary classes

Answer 39

Caste

Question 40

Make (a doubt, feeling,or belief) disappear

Answer 40

Dispelled

Question 41

A crowded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character. (demanding respect)

Answer 41

Venerable

Question 42

The face of a building; exterior; outside (false face)

Answer 42

Facade

Question 43

A child believed to have been secretly substituted by fairies for the parents' real child in infancy

Answer 43

Changeling

Question 44

Make a carful and critical examination of something

Answer 44

Vetted

Question 45

Another word for near sighted

Answer 45

Myopic

Question 46

The instruction or improvement of a person morally or intellectually; education; act of uplifting

Answer 46

Edification

Question 47

To envy the possession or enjoyment of something

Answer 47

Begrudge

Question 48

The scene of an event or action

Answer 48

Venue

Question 49

With hands on the hips and elbows turned outward

Answer 49

Akimbo

Question 50

Not conspicuous or attracting attention

Answer 50

Unobtrusive

Question 51

Critical observation or examination

Answer 51

Scrutiny

Question 52

The esophagus

Answer 52

Gullet

Question 53

To intimidate someone typically into doing something with stern or abusive words

Answer 53

Browbeat

Question 54

(Especially of the skin) having a wrinkled surface

Answer 54

Crepey

Question 55

A piece of furniture with drawers on one side and a hanging space on the other

Answer 55

Chifforobe

Question 56

A parapet at the top of a wall (castle)

Answer 56

Battlements