Vocab List 8 (20/20)

Question 1

stolid

Answer 1

(adj) not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive

Question 2

marionette

Answer 2

(noun) a small-scale usually wooden figure (as of a person) with jointed limbs that is moved from above by manipulation of the attached of strings or wired

Question 3

imperceptible

Answer 3

(adj) impossible to perceive

Question 4

pulverized

Answer 4

(verb) reduce to fine particles

Question 5

melancholy

Answer 5

(adj) a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause

Question 6

capillery

Answer 6

(noun) 1) any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules 2) a tube that has an internal diameter of hairlike thinness

Question 7

multifaceted

Answer 7

(adj) having many facets (features/aspects)

Question 8

ballistics

Answer 8

(noun) the science of projectiles and firearms

Question 9

tallow

Answer 9

(noun) a hard fatty substance made from rendered animal fat, used in making candles and soap; (verb) smear (something, especially the bottom of a boat) with tallow

Question 10

mausoleum

Answer 10

(noun) a building, especially a large and stately one, housing a tomb or tombs

Question 11

proclivity

Answer 11

(noun) a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing

Question 12

odious

Answer 12

(adj) extremely unpleasant; repulsive

Question 13

pratfall

Answer 13

(noun) a mistake that is particularly embarrassing, a fall onto one’s bottom; a stupid humiliating action

Question 14

dictum

Answer 14

(noun) a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source; the law; a short statement that expresses a general truth or principle

Question 15

tactile

Answer 15

(adj) of or connected with sense of touch; perceptible by touch or apparently so; tangible