Vocab 5

Question 1

to treat tenderly; nurse or tend indulgently; pamper

Answer 1

coddle - verb

Question 2

fertilization; inception of pregnancy.

Answer 2

conception - noun (def #2)

Question 3

insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment

Answer 3

contumely - noun

Question 4

skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile.

Answer 4

cunning - noun

Question 5

effort or desire to equal or excel others.

Answer 5

emulation - noun

Question 6

a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:

Answer 6

escorted - noun

Question 7

protected or strengthened against attack; provided with defensive military works:

Answer 7

fortified - adjective

Question 8

to speak inarticulately or meaninglessly.

Answer 8

gibber - verb

Question 9

an agricultural implement with spikelike teeth or upright disks, drawn chiefly over plowed land to level it, break up clods, root up weeds, etc.

Answer 9

harrows - noun

Question 10

a color midway between red-brown and orange-brown.

Answer 10

henna - noun (def #3)

Question 11

any system of persons or things ranked one above another.

Answer 11

hierarchy - noun

Question 12

the cultivation and production of edible crops or of animals for food; agriculture; farming

Answer 12

husbandry - noun

Question 13

not potent; lacking power or ability.

Answer 13

impotent - adjective

Question 14

a woman on whom a jointure has been settled

Answer 14

jointress - noun

Question 15

an evil deed; crime; wrongdoing.

Answer 15

malefaction - noun

Question 16

(of a domestic animal) yielding milk; kept or suitable for milk production.

Answer 16

milch - adjective

Question 17

glorious, prosperous, or flourishing:

Answer 17

palmy - adjective

Question 18

a large stone passing through the entire thickness of a wall.

Answer 18

perpend - noun

Question 19

predominant:
prevailing winds

Answer 19

prevailing - adjective

Question 20

a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the line of coast; a headland.

Answer 20

promontory - noun

Question 21

to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.

Answer 21

rummage - verb

Question 22

to reject with disdain; scorn.

Answer 22

spurn - verb

Question 23

the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events:

Answer 23

succession - noun

Question 24

to bind (an infant, especially a newborn infant) with long, narrow strips of cloth to prevent free movement; wrap tightly with clothes.

Answer 24

swaddling - noun

Question 25

to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset

Answer 25

unnerve - verb