TKAMB 1-11

Question 1

Assuaged

Answer 1

Soothed

Question 2

Apothecary

Answer 2

a druggist/pharmacist

Question 3

Dictum

Answer 3

rule

Question 4

Strictures

Answer 4

restrictions

Question 5

Chattels

Answer 5

Slaves

Question 6

Taciturn

Answer 6

quiet

Question 7

Ambled

Answer 7

walk or move at a slow pace

Question 8

Repertoire

Answer 8

the range of skills in a particular field

Question 9

malevolent

Answer 9

evil

Question 10

predilection

Answer 10

tendency

Question 11

domiciled

Answer 11

to be based at

Question 12

flivver

Answer 12

old, cheap car

Question 13

nebulous

Answer 13

cloudy

Question 14

foray

Answer 14

short journey

Question 15

indigenous

Answer 15

native

Question 16

Catawha

Answer 16

worm used in southern states for fishing

Question 17

Illicity

Answer 17

in a way that is not approved by the rules of society

Question 18

Union Suit

Answer 18

a type of one piece long underwear

Question 19

entailment

Answer 19

a situation where the owner has limited power over his property

Question 20

smilax

Answer 20

a climbing shrub with hooks and tendrils

Question 21

scrip stamps

Answer 21

paper money of small denomination issued by the government for temporary emergency use. Very common in the Great Depression

Question 22

Amiable

Answer 22

friendly

Question 23

Concede

Answer 23

admit to

Question 24

Contemptuous

Answer 24

hateful

Question 25

Diction

Answer 25

choice of words

Question 26

Diminutive

Answer 26

very small

Question 27

Ematie

Answer 27

Irregular

Question 28

Expounding

Answer 28

explaining

Question 29

Iniquities

Answer 29

injustices

Question 30

Irked

Answer 30

bothered

Question 31

judiciously

Answer 31

with good judgement

Question 32

Abominable

Answer 32

causing horror

Question 33

Auspicious

Answer 33

promising

Question 34

spuppermongs

Answer 34

plum like fruit

Question 35

Asinine

Answer 35

mindless

Question 36

Benevolence

Answer 36

good will

Question 37

Benign

Answer 37

Harmless

Question 38

Magisterial

Answer 38

Authoritative

Question 39

Peril

Answer 39

Danger

Question 40

Pestilence

Answer 40

Plague

Question 41

placidy

Answer 41

calmly

Question 42

Tacit

Answer 42

understood but unspoken

Question 43

Descend

Answer 43

move downward and lower

Question 44

Ensuing

Answer 44

following immediately

Question 45

Prowess

Answer 45

a superior skill learned by study and practice

Question 46

Ramshackle

Answer 46

in deplorable condition

Question 47

Bewilderment

Answer 47

confusion resulting from failure to understand

Question 48

Aberration

Answer 48

a state or condition markedly different from the norm

Question 49

Ascertain

Answer 49

learn or discover with confidence

Question 50

Unfathomable

Answer 50

impossible to come to understand

Question 51

Vigil

Answer 51

a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

Question 52

Perpetual

Answer 52

continuing forever or indefinitely

Question 53

Tarnish

Answer 53

make or become dirty or spotty

Question 54

Render

Answer 54

give or supply

Question 55

Hone

Answer 55

refine or make more perfect or effective

Question 56

Caricature

Answer 56

a representation of a person exaggerated for comic effect

Question 57

Dire

Answer 57

fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

Question 58

Tousle

Answer 58

Disarrange or rumple;dishevel

Question 59

Quell

Answer 59

Suppress or crush completely

Question 60

Obstreperous

Answer 60

noisily and stubbornly defiant

Question 61

Provocation

Answer 61

a means of arousing or stirring to action

Question 62

Gallant

Answer 62

having or displaying great dignity or nobility

Question 63

Invective

Answer 63

abusive language used to express blame

Question 64

Attribute

Answer 64

equality belonging to or characteristic of any entity

Question 65

Rediment

Answer 65

the elementary stage of any subject

Question 66

Vehement

Answer 66

marked by extreme intensity of emotions convictions

Question 67

passe

Answer 67

out of fashion

Question 68

Livid

Answer 68

furiously angry

Question 69

Obscure

Answer 69

not clearly understood or expressed

Question 70

Umbrage

Answer 70

a feeling of anger caused by being offended

Question 71

Interdict

Answer 71

command against

Question 72

Palliation

Answer 72

easing the severity of a pain without removing the cause

Question 73

Entitle

Answer 73

give the right to

Question 74

Reconnaissance

Answer 74

the act of Scouting

Question 75

Tirade

Answer 75

a speech of violent denunciation

Question 76

Undulate

Answer 76

move in a waxy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

Question 77

Propensity

Answer 77

A natural inclination

Question 78

Grave

Answer 78

dignified and somber in manner or character

Question 79

Devoid

Answer 79

completely wanting or lacking