Vocab

Question 1

approbation (n)

Answer 1

official approval, praise, commendation

Question 2

aura (n)

Answer 2

a distinctive quality about a person, thing, or place

Question 3

authoritative (adj)

Answer 3

coming from the proper authority; dictatorial; conclusive

Question 4

befuddled (adj)

Answer 4

confused

Question 5

candid (adj)

Answer 5

blunt, sincere honesty

Question 6

crestfallen (adj)

Answer 6

dejected; disappointed; sad

Question 7

dormer (n)

Answer 7

a gabled extension of an attic room; window in such an extension (see photo)

Question 8

elegiac (adj)

Answer 8

mournful; expressing sorrow for something that is gone or someone who has died

Question 9

enthralling (adj)

Answer 9

captivating, spellbinding

Question 10

gratis (adj)

Answer 10

free

Question 11

implacable (adj)

Answer 11

incapable of being appeased or satisfied

Question 12

incipient (adj)

Answer 12

the early stage; beginning

Question 13

indignation (n)

Answer 13

anger as a result of something unjust

Question 14

insinuate (v)

Answer 14

suggest or hint (usually something bad)

Question 15

laconic (adj)

Answer 15

using few words

Question 16

loathe (v)

Answer 16

to hate

Question 17

mercurial (adj)

Answer 17

changing unpredictably

Question 18

monotonous (adj)

Answer 18

lacking in variety and interest; boring

Question 19

ominous (adj)

Answer 19

threatening

Question 20

petty (adj)

Answer 20

small and insignificant

Question 21

philanderer (n)

Answer 21

one who engages in many casual love affairs

Question 22

pompous (adj)

Answer 22

having or exhibiting self-importance; arrogant

Question 23

reproach (n)

Answer 23

blame; disapproval

Question 24

seethe (v)

Answer 24

to become extremely angry

Question 25

stolid (adj)

Answer 25

having or showing little or no emotion