Vocab 3

Question 0

Allegory

Answer 0

a story in which the characters and events are
symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a
political or historical situation

Question 1

vignette

Answer 1

a short descriptive episode/scene that can stand on

its own as a piece of writing

Question 2

Anagoge

Answer 2

a spiritual or mystical interpretation of a word or

passage from Scripture

Question 3

Afflicted

Answer 3

persistent suffering from a condition, such as

arthritis

Question 4

Forstall

Answer 4

act before (someone else) in order to prevent 
something

Question 5

Elusive

Answer 5

Hard to understand or remember

Question 6

Affable

Answer 6

Friendly, present to talk to

Question 7

Uncanny

Answer 7

So remarkable that it seems unnatural

Question 8

Deplorable

Answer 8

Deeply regrettable

Question 9

Stamina

Answer 9

Physical and mortal strength

Question 10

Zeleous

Answer 10

Intensily devoted

Question 11

Tangible

Answer 11

Touchable or real

Question 12

Idioms

Answer 12

a form of a language that is spoken in a particular
area and that uses some of its own words, grammar,
and pronunciations

Question 13

emanating

Answer 13

Coming out from a storm

Question 14

Amenity

Answer 14

Something to add to ones comfort.

Ann and Tom from p and r

Question 15

countenance

Answer 15

; a person’s expression

Question 16

fusillade

Answer 16

a large number of shots that are fired very quickly

Question 17

Tenement

Answer 17

a large building that has apartments or rooms for

rent and that is usually in a poorer part of a city

Question 18

Severed

Answer 18

Separated by cutting

Question 19

tableau

Answer 19

Mimes. Silent and motionless people performing on stage