vocab: their eyes

Question 1

Pugnacious

Answer 1

eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight

Question 2

Sanctum

Answer 2

a sacred place, especially a shrine within a temple or church

Question 3

Diffuse

Answer 3

spread or cause to spread over a wide area or among a large number of people

Question 4

Desecrate

Answer 4

to treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect; violate

Question 5

Conjecture

Answer 5

an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information

Question 6

Brazen

Answer 6

bold and without shame

Question 7

Temerity

Answer 7

excessive confidence or boldness; audacity

Question 8

Doleful

Answer 8

expressing sorrow; mourningful

Question 9

Ornery

Answer 9

bad-tempered and combative

Question 10

Distended

Answer 10

swollen due to pressure from inside; bloated

Question 11

Discomfit

Answer 11

make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed

Question 12

Beseech

Answer 12

ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat

Question 13

Prostrate

Answer 13

lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downward

Question 14

Commiserate

Answer 14

express or feel sympathy or pity; sympathize

Question 15

Ostentatious

Answer 15

characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice

Question 16

Dissolution

Answer 16

the closing down or dismissal of an assembly, partnership, or official body

Question 17

Usurp

Answer 17

take a position of power or importance illegally or by force

Question 18

Temporize

Answer 18

avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time

Question 19

Emanate

Answer 19

originate from, be produced by

Question 20

Affront

Answer 20

an action of remark that causes outrage or offense

Question 21

Sodden

Answer 21

saturated with liquid, especially water

Question 22

Defile

Answer 22

degrade, impair, spoil