Vocab list #1

Question 1

Barren

Answer 1

Mentally unproductive, dull

Question 2

Roguishly

Answer 2

Mischievously, in a playful, undisciplined, deceitful manner

Question 3

incredulous

Answer 3

inclined to disbelief

Question 4

nonchalantly

Answer 4

in a coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or casual manner

Question 5

vaguely

Answer 5

not clear

Question 6

apprehensive

Answer 6

uneasy or fearful about something that might happen

Question 7

imploringly

Answer 7

begging in an urgent and pitiful manner

Question 8

juvenile

Answer 8

a young person usually someone under 18

Question 9

oppression

Answer 9

prolonged cruel or unjust treatment

Question 10

aghast

Answer 10

Overwhelming shock or amazement

Question 11

faltered

Answer 11

spoke hesitantly

Question 12

stupor

Answer 12

a state of mental numbness

Question 13

allusion

Answer 13

a reference in literature to a familiar person, place, thing, or event

Question 14

hyperbole

Answer 14

an exaggeration

Question 15

flashback

Answer 15

used by an author to tell what happened earlier

Question 16

dramatic irony

Answer 16

when the reader knows something the character does not

Question 17

narrator

Answer 17

the person who is telling the story

Question 18

premonition

Answer 18

the feeling a person gets that is usually a warning

Question 19

unfathomable

Answer 19

not able to be understood

Question 20

eluded

Answer 20

avoided