Vocab Ch 61-65

Question 1

staggering

Answer 1

moving unsteady, drunk/ill

Question 2

lurching

Answer 2

moving sudden or irregular, drunk/ill/walking on moving ship

Question 3

ambling

Answer 3

moving easy or gentle, pleasure/relaxation

Question 4

striding

Answer 4

moving with long steps, purposeful

Question 5

strutting

Answer 5

moving proudly and chest held out, to look important

Question 6

tramping

Answer 6

moving with firm/heavy steps, walking for a long time

Question 7

trudging

Answer 7

moving heavy/slow/with difficulty, tired

Question 8

staggeringly

Answer 8

amazingly

Question 9

taking things in your stride

Answer 9

taking things calmly

Question 10

meandering

Answer 10

water metaphor, winding course

Question 11

unprecedented

Answer 11

never having happened before

Question 12

courtesy

Answer 12

politeness and respect

Question 13

offhand

Answer 13

showing a rude lack of interest in others

Question 14

insolent

Answer 14

rude and not showing respect

Question 15

to stand on ceremony

Answer 15

behave in a formal way

Question 16

to be straightlaced

Answer 16

to have old-fashioned and fixed morals

Question 17

the done thing

Answer 17

what you are expected to do in a social situation

Question 18

squirm

Answer 18

move from side to side in an awkward way

Question 19

titter

Answer 19

small laugh

Question 20

wailing

Answer 20

making a rising and falling sound

Question 21

cumbersome

Answer 21

things that are difficult to handle (machines, equipment, systems, structures etc.)

Question 22

ponderous

Answer 22

slow and clumsy because of weight

Question 23

lumbering

Answer 23

heavy movement of physical things

Question 24

to weigh up

Answer 24

consider and compare (expr.)

Question 25

To congeal

Answer 25

become thick and solid

Question 26

to dillute

Answer 26

add water

Question 27

impervious (to)

Answer 27

liquid cannot pass through

Question 28

jet black

Answer 28

intensely black, used about hair/eyes

Question 29

mousy

Answer 29

a light, not very interesting brown, used only about hair

Question 30

auburn

Answer 30

a red-brown colour, hair

Question 31

mauve

Answer 31

pale purple

Question 32

monochrome

Answer 32

uses one colour

Question 33

blue (meta.)

Answer 33

depression

Question 34

grey (meta.)

Answer 34

lack of clarity