vocab cactus

Question 1

Dexterous (adjective)

Answer 1

“Showing or having skill, especially with the hands” (Oxford Languages).

Question 2

Secluded (adjective)

Answer 2

“(Of a place) not seen or visited by many people; sheltered and private” (Oxford Languages).

Question 3

Forlorn (adjective)

Answer 3

“Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely” (Oxford Languages).

Question 4

Ostracized (adjective)

Answer 4

“To feel excluded or left out of a society or group” (Oxford Languages).

Question 5

Cumbersome (adjective)

Answer 5

“Unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary).

Question 6

Morbid (adjective)

Answer 6

“Characterized by an unusual interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease” (Oxford Languages).

Question 7

Brittle (adjective)

Answer 7

“Hard but liable to break or shatter easily” (Oxford Languages).

Question 8

Covert (adjective)

Answer 8

“Not openly acknowledged or displayed” (Oxford Languages).

Question 9

Haphazard (adjective)

Answer 9

“Lacking any obvious principle of organization” (Oxford Languages).

Question 10

Repressed (adjective)

Answer 10

“Restrained, inhibited, or oppressed” (Oxford Languages).

Question 11

Emphatically (adverb)

Answer 11

“In a forceful way” (Oxford Languages).

Question 12

Appall (verb)

Answer 12

“Greatly dismay or horrify” (Oxford Languages).

Question 13

Embellish (verb)

Answer 13

“Make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features” (Oxford Languages).

Question 14

Monotone or monotonous (adjective)

Answer 14

“(Of a voice or other sound) unchanging in pitch; without intonation or expressiveness” (Oxford Languages).

Question 15

Cacophony (noun)

Answer 15

“A harsh discordant mixture of sounds” (Oxford Languages).