Vocab Olympics sem2

Question 1

repress

Answer 1

subdue (someone or something) by force

Question 2

shackle

Answer 2

a pair of fetters connected together by a chain, used to fasten a prisoner’s wrists or ankles together.

Question 3

transmute

Answer 3

change in form, nature, or substance

Question 4

impede

Answer 4

hinder

Question 5

intimation

Answer 5

hint

Question 6

revelation

Answer 6

a surprising and previously unknown fact

Question 7

coquette

Answer 7

a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men

Question 8

georgic

Answer 8

a poem or book dealing with agriculture or rural topics

Question 9

disconsolate

Answer 9

unhappy

Question 10

squander

Answer 10

waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner

Question 11

ghastly

Answer 11

causing great horror or fear

Question 12

fraught

Answer 12

causing or affected by anxiety or stress

Question 13

enmity

Answer 13

the state or feeling of being actively opposed to smoeone or something

Question 14

evoke

Answer 14

bring or recall to the conscious mind

Question 15

elegy

Answer 15

a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead

Question 16

redemption

Answer 16

the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil

Question 17

wistful

Answer 17

vague and regretful longing

Question 18

roil

Answer 18

turbulent swirling

Question 19

valediction

Answer 19

the action of saying goodbye