Vocab 2/6

Question 1

Ensconced

Answer 1

Settle someone in a safe; hidden

I found my phone ensconced in the snow.

Question 2

Jovial

Answer 2

Cheerful and friendly

Question 3

Craven

Answer 3

Lacking in courage; cowardly

Question 4

Grovel

Answer 4

1. To humble yourself
2. To crawl face downward

He groveled for a better grade.

Question 5

Indignation

Answer 5

Anger caused by unfair treatment

I have indignation for thieves.

Question 6

Abomination

Answer 6

A thing that causes disgust or hatred

Question 7

Ethics

Answer 7

Moral principles that govern a person’s behavior

His ethics and moral principles make him a very kind person.

Question 8

Pillaging

Answer 8

To steal something using violence

The men pillaged and burned our houses.

Question 9

Earnest

Answer 9

Sincere in intention

Question 10

Lackey

Answer 10

A servant or footman

He told the lackey to get him soup.

Question 11

Mutiny

Answer 11

A rebellion against authorities

Because of the mutiny, the captain was thrown overboard.

Question 12

Dystopia

Answer 12

An imagined place or state in which everything is bad

House of the Scorpion is a dystopian novel that takes place in the future and where the everything goes wrong in the plot.