Vocab set #2 for "The Handmaid's Tale"

Question 1

Patriarchal (adjective)

Answer 1

ruled or controlled by men; giving power and importance only to men

Question 2

Bludgeon (verb)

Answer 2

to hit someone hard and repeatedly with a heavy weapon

Question 3

Plaintive (adjective)

Answer 3

showing or expressing sorrow : mournful, sad

Question 4

Incendiary (adjective)

Answer 4

of or relating to the illegal burning of property, goods, etc. tending to create strife, violence, etc; inflammatory.

Question 5

Litany (noun)

Answer 5

a prayer consisting of a series of lines spoken alternately by a leader and the congregation.

Question 6

Parley (noun)

Answer 6

a discussion, esp between enemies under a truce to decide terms of surrender, etc.

Question 7

Revile (verb)

Answer 7

reviled, reviling. to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.

Question 8

Tremulous (adjective)

Answer 8

characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors; exceedingly sensitive : easily shaken or disordered.

Question 9

Loll (verb)

Answer 9

to hang or let hang loosely : droop

Question 10

Approbation (noun)

Answer 10

praise or approval