vocab mod 2 pt 2

Question 1

cadence

Answer 1

a rhythmic sequence or flow of sounds in language

Question 2

insuperable

Answer 2

incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or solved

Question 3

aversion

Answer 3

a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid it

Question 4

audacious

Answer 4

contemptuous (scornful or showing contempt) of law, religion, or decorum

Question 5

capricious

Answer 5

(impulsive) governed by an impulse and seemingly unmotivated notion

Question 6

usurious

Answer 6

practicing usury: lending of money at exorbitant interest rates

Question 7

preternatural

Answer 7

exceeding what is natural or regular

Question 8

cessation

Answer 8

a temporary or complete stopping; discontinuance

Question 9

refectory

Answer 9

a dining hall

Question 10

ravenous

Answer 10

very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification

Question 11

throng

Answer 11

a multitude of assembled persons

Question 12

ewer

Answer 12

a vase-shaped pitcher or jug

Question 13

assiduity

Answer 13

constant or close attention to what one is doing

Question 14

truculent

Answer 14

feeling or displaying ferocity

Question 15

penurious

Answer 15

extremely stingy, parsimonious, miserly; extremely poor

Question 16

solace

Answer 16

alleviation of grief or anxiety

Question 17

perfidious

Answer 17

deliberately faithless, treacherous, decietful

Question 18

ameliorate

Answer 18

to make better or more tolerable

Question 19

effluvia

Answer 19

an unpleasant smell or exhalation

Question 20

scourge

Answer 20

cause great suffering to