Vocab From Stories

Question 1

Great mental or physical suffering

Answer 1

Anguish

Question 2

To horrify; to shock

Answer 2

Appalled

Question 3

To move side-to-side in incontrollable manner

Answer 3

Careen

Question 4

Very fearful; cowardly

Answer 4

Craven

Question 5

Roundabout; not straight-forward

Answer 5

Devious

Question 6

Troubled; anxious

Answer 6

Distraught

Question 7

Unreasonably high

Answer 7

Exorbitant

Question 8

Having or showing intense feeling

Answer 8

Fervent

Question 9

Having an exhausted appearance

Answer 9

Haggard

Question 10

Required

Answer 10

Compulsory

Question 11

About to happen

Answer 11

Imminent

Question 12

Domineering; arrogant

Answer 12

Imperiousness

Question 13

Lazy

Answer 13

Indolent

Question 14

Mysterious

Answer 14

Inscrutable

Question 15

Bold in a reckless way

Answer 15

Insolent

Question 16

Wild noise and disorder

Answer 16

Pandemonium

Question 17

Insecure; based on unproven

Answer 17

Precarious

Question 18

To say over and over again

Answer 18

Reiterate

Question 19

Something given as a repayment

Answer 19

Retribution

Question 20

Showing concern

Answer 20

Solicitous

Question 21

Unharmed

Answer 21

Unscathed

Question 22

Deserving respect due to age or dignity

Answer 22

Venerable

Question 23

Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited; impassive

Answer 23

Stolid

Question 24

A long, flexible snout as of an elephant

Answer 24

Proboscis

Question 25

A natural inclination

Answer 25

Proclivity

Question 26

To fake or pretend

Answer 26

Feign

Question 27

A feeling of thoughtful sadness

Answer 27

Melancholy

Question 28

Through the senses rather than rational though

Answer 28

Intuitively

Question 29

Working or spreading in a hidden or usually injurious or hurtful way

Answer 29

Insidious

Question 30

Overabundance of words

Answer 30

Verbiage

Question 31

In a routine manner

Answer 31

Perfunctorily

Question 32

Physical property of being stiff and resisting bending

Answer 32

Rigidity

Question 33

To tear or be torn violently

Answer 33

Rend

Question 34

The state of being forgotten

Answer 34

Oblivion

Question 35

Someone forced to take the blame others

Answer 35

Scapegoat

Question 36

Someone who overemphasizes or shows off his or her learning

Answer 36

Pendant

Question 37

A coiled shape or part

Answer 37

Convolution

Question 38

Harsh discordant sounds; lack of harmony

Answer 38

Cacophony