TWG Chapter 14-18 Terminology

Question 1

hastily

Answer 1

hastily means with excessive speed or urgency; hurriedly.

Question 2

perched (perch)

Answer 2

perched is a form of the word perch and means to be situated above or on the edge of something.

Question 3

contender

Answer 3

contender means a person or group competing with others to achieve something.

Question 4

protruding

Answer 4

protruding means sticking out; projecting.

Question 5

obsequious

Answer 5

obsequious means obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.

Question 6

peevishly (peevish)

Answer 6

peevishly is a form of the word peevish and means easily

irritated, especially by unimportant things.

Question 7

recitation

Answer 7

recitation means the action of repeating something aloud from memory.

Question 8

deception

Answer 8

deception means the action of lying to someone

Question 9

fateful

Answer 9

fateful means having far-reaching and often disastrous consequences or implications.

Question 10

cunning

Answer 10

cunning means having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion.

Question 11

appreciatively

Answer 11

appreciatively means having or showing appreciation

Question 12

soothsayer

Answer 12

A soothsayer means a person supposed to be able to foresee the future.

Question 13

interrogate

Answer 13

interrogate means to ask questions of (someone, especially a suspect or a prisoner) closely, aggressively, or formally.

Question 14

bribery

Answer 14

bribery means to offer someone money or a different item to let them go free or to go away.

Question 15

impatient

Answer 15

impatient means having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked.

Question 16

sneering

Answer 16

sneering means contemptuous or mocking.

Question 16

incriminating

Answer 16

incriminating means making someone appear guilty of a crime or wrongdoing.

Question 17

despondently

Answer 17

despondently means feeling or showing extreme discouragement,

Question 18

amnesia

Answer 18

amnesia means a partial or total loss of memory.

Question 19

gleefully

Answer 19

gleefully means in an exuberantly or triumphantly joyful manner.

Question 20

photostats

Answer 20

photostats means make a copy of (a document) using a photostat machine.

Question 21

immigrated

Answer 21

immigrated is a form of the word immigrate and means come to live permanently in a foreign country.

Question 22

eluding (elude)

Answer 22

eluding is a form of the word elude and means evade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way.

Question 23

gaunt

Answer 23

gaunt means (of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age.

Question 24

conferring

Answer 24

conferring is a form of the word confer and means have discussions; exchange opinions.

Question 25

fumbled (fumble)

Answer 25

fumbled is a form of the word fumble and means use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something.

Question 26

Mongoloid

Answer 26

mongoloid means relating to the broad division of humankind including the indigenous peoples of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Arctic region of North America.

Question 27

malady

Answer 27

malady means a disease or ailment.

Question 28

coyly

Answer 28

coyly means in a way that shows reluctance to give details about something regarded as sensitive.

Question 29

specimen

Answer 29

specimen means a sample of medical testing, especially of urine.

Question 30

ransom

Answer 30

ransom means a sum of money or other payment demanded or paid for the release of a prisoner.