Vocab set #1

Question 1

adverb, in a manner that weighs heavily on the senses or spirits

Answer 1

Oppressively

Question 2

Synonyms: Severely, harshly; Antonyms: softly, mildly

Answer 2

Oppressively

Question 3

DURING the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung _________ low in the heavens

Answer 3

Oppressively

Question 4

noun, a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.

Answer 4

Melancholy

Question 5

Synonyms: sadness, sorrow
Antonyms: cheerful, happy

Answer 5

Melancholy

Question 6

And found myself, as the evening drew on, within view of the _______

Answer 6

Melancholy

Question 7

(of time) pass or go by.

Answer 7

Elapsed

Question 8

Synonyms: expired, stopped
Antonyms: ongoing, continue

Answer 8

Elapsed

Question 9

but many years had ______ since our last meeting. A letter, however, had lately reached me — a letter from him.

Answer 9

Elapsed

Question 10

adverb, in a strange or eccentric way.

Answer 10

Singularly

Question 11

Synonym: uniquely,uncommonly. Antonyms: commonly,generally

Answer 11

Singularly

Question 12

I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a _______ dreary tract of country

Answer 12

Singularly

Question 13

very serious, extreme, or severe

Answer 13

acute

Question 14

Synonyms: awful, critical. Antonyms: dull, weak

Answer 14

acute

Question 15

The writer spoke of _____ bodily illness — of a mental disorder which oppressed him

Answer 15

acute

Question 16

An indefinitely short time.

Answer 16

minute

Question 17

Synonyms: Small, one moment. Antonyms: long-lasting, immense

Answer 17

minute

Question 18

______ fungi overspread the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled web-work from the eaves.

Answer 18

minute

Question 19

The state or process of falling into decay or being in disrepair.

Answer 19

dilapidation

Question 20

Synonyms: neglect, abandonment
Antonyms: repaired, solid

Answer 20

dilapidation

Question 21

Yet all this was apart from any extraordinary ______

Answer 21

dilapidation

Question 22

(especially of a slight movement or change of state) able to be seen or noticed.

Answer 22

perceptible

Question 23

Synonyms: noticeable, visible
Antonyms: imperceptible, inconspicuous.

Answer 23

perceptible

Question 24

Perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing observer might have discovered a barely ______ fissure, which, extending from the roof of the building in front, made its way down the wall in a zigzag direction, until it became lost in the sullen waters of the tarn.

Answer 24

perceptible

Question 25

a narrow opening or crack

Answer 25

fissure

Question 26

Synonyms: opening, gap
Antonyms: stopping, repair

Answer 26

fissure

Question 27

Perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing observer might have discovered a barely perceptible ______, which, extending from the roof of the building in front, made its way down the wall in a zigzag direction, until it became lost in the sullen waters of the tarn.

Answer 27

fissure

Question 28

(especially of something offered or discharged) exuberantly plentiful; abundant.

Answer 28

profuse

Question 29

Synonyms: ample, fulsome
Antonyms: scant, moderate

Answer 29

profuse

Question 30

The general furniture was ______, comfortless, antique, and tattered.

Answer 30

profuse