Vocab 2.4

Question 1

interlocutor

Answer 1

a person who questions or is part of a dialogue

Question 2

uncanny

Answer 2

having or seeming to have supernatural or inexplicable basis

Question 3

scruples

Answer 3

moral or ethical considerations/standards that act as a restraining force

Question 4

reticence

Answer 4

the quality of being reserved or restrained, particularly in speaking

Question 5

trepidation

Answer 5

tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation

Question 6

succumb

Answer 6

to give way or yield to superior force

Question 7

inevitable

Answer 7

unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped

Question 8

prodigious

Answer 8

extraordinary in size, amount, or degree

Question 9

disconcert

Answer 9

to disturb the self-possession of; ruffle, perturb

Question 10

presentiment

Answer 10

a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, especially bad

Question 11

attenuate

Answer 11

to weaken or reduce in force/intensity/effect, etc.

Question 12

coherence

Answer 12

logical interconnection, overall sense and understandability

Question 13

absurdity

Answer 13

the quality of being utterly and obviously senseless or illogical

Question 14

colleague

Answer 14

an associate

Question 15

ambiguous

Answer 15

open to having several possible meanings or interpretations

Question 16

stupefaction

Answer 16

overwhelming amazement

Question 17

interdict

Answer 17

to forbid or prohibit

Question 18

incongruous

Answer 18

out of keeping or place; inappropriate; not harmonious, inconsonant

Question 19

pretentious

Answer 19

characterized by exaggerated/undeserved show of importance or dignity

Question 20

bridle

Answer 20

to draw up head/chin as in disdain or resentment