Vocab #2

Question 1

dreary

Answer 1

dull, bleak, and lifeless; depressing.

Question 2

ember

Answer 2

a small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire.

Question 3

wrought

Answer 3

archaic past and past participle of work.

Question 4

surcease

Answer 4

the fact or process of ending or being brought to an end.

Question 5

entreating

Answer 5

ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.

Question 6

obeisance

Answer 6

deferential respect.

Question 7

mien

Answer 7

a person’s look or manner, especially one of a particular kind indicating their character or mood.

Question 8

decorum

Answer 8

behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety.

Question 9

countenance

Answer 9

a person’s face or facial expression.

Question 10

placid

Answer 10

not easily upset or excited.

Question 11

dirges

Answer 11

a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite.

Question 12

melancholy

Answer 12

a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with nono obvious cause.

Question 13

ominous

Answer 13

giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious.

Question 14

respite

Answer 14

a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant.

Question 15

quaff

Answer 15

drink (something, especially an alcoholic drink) heartily.

Question 16

tempest

Answer 16

a violent windy storm.

Question 17

desolate

Answer 17

(of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness.