vocab english chapter 1-5

Question 1

ambled

Answer 1

to walk at a slow leisurely pace (verb)

Question 2

apothecary

Answer 2

an earlier form of pharmacist (noun)

Question 3

domicile

Answer 3

(v) where you live; (n) a place where you live

Question 4

impudent

Answer 4

(adj) shamelessly bold; don’t care what anyone thinks of you

Question 5

malevolent

Answer 5

(adj) evil

Question 6

tactiturn

Answer 6

(adj) almost always silent

Question 7

unsullied

Answer 7

(adj) untouched; unused

Question 8

condescended

Answer 8

(v) to agree to do something that you know is beneath your dignity

Question 9

covey

Answer 9

(n) a group

Question 10

entailment

Answer 10

(n) a legal situation regarding the use of inherited property

Question 11

immune

Answer 11

(adj) having no effect; special capacity to resistance

Question 12

indigenous

Answer 12

(adj) innate; belonging to a particular region or country

Question 13

seceded

Answer 13

(v) to break away

Question 14

vexation

Answer 14

(n) something that causes annoyance or problems;

Question 15

amiable

Answer 15

(adj) friendly

Question 16

contemptous

Answer 16

(adj) feeling that something or someone is beneath you; that it or they are worthless

Question 17

discernible

Answer 17

(adj) understandable

Question 18

erratic

Answer 18

(adj) irregular

Question 19

fractious

Answer 19

(adj) mean or irritable

Question 20

auspicious

Answer 20

(adj) favorable; promising

Question 21

melancholy

Answer 21

(adj) sad and gloomy

Question 22

asinine

Answer 22

(adj) stupid; silly

Question 23

benign

Answer 23

– (adj) kind and gentle

Question 24

edification

Answer 24

(n) education; instruction

Question 25

inquisitive

Answer 25

(adj) questioning; prying

Question 26

morbid

Answer 26

(adj) gruesome; horrible

Question 27

placid

Answer 27

(adj) calm; quiet; peaceful