Vocab unit one

Question 1

theme

Answer 1

noun; the insight about life that the story communicates

Question 2

Disheveled

Answer 2

adjective; disarranged and untidy

Question 3

Profoundly

Answer 3

adverb; deeply and intensely

Question 4

astutely

Answer 4

adverb; cleverly or cunningly

Question 5

Dowry

Answer 5

noun; property that a woman brought to her husband at marriage (usually from her parents)

Question 6

chic

Answer 6

adjective; fashionable

Question 7

Seine

Answer 7

Proper Noun; river flowing through Paris

Question 8

promissory note

Answer 8

noun; written promises to pay back borrowed money

Question 9

Champ Elysees

Answer 9

Proper Noun; fashionable street in Paris

Question 10

Irony

Answer 10

noun; odd twist to the story

Question 11

termination

Answer 11

noun, end

Question 12

precluded

Answer 12

prevented, made impossible in advance; verb

Question 13

retribution

Answer 13

payback; punishment for misdeed; noun

Question 14

afflicted

Answer 14

suffering or sickened; verb

Question 15

Amontillado

Answer 15

a pale, dry sherry; Proper Noun

Question 16

connoisseurship

Answer 16

expert judgment; noun (you may also use connoisseur a person with expert judgment of matters; noun).

Question 17

explicit

Answer 17

clearly stated; adj.

Question 18

subsided

Answer 18

settled down, became less active or intense; verb

Question 19

masons/Freemasons

Answer 19

a member of an international order established for mutual help and fellowship, which holds elaborate secret ceremonies - noun/Proper Noun (Freemasons)

Question 20

mood

Answer 20

the primary feeling that the reader experiences while reading a work of literature ; noun0

Question 21

debacle

Answer 21

(noun)- a bad defeat

Question 22

suspense

Answer 22

(noun)- the feeling of uncertainty about what may happen next

Question 23

bizarre

Answer 23

(adj.)- odd in appearance

Question 24

cosmopolite

Answer 24

(noun)- a person at home in all parts of the world

Question 25

conflict

Answer 25

(noun)-a struggle between opposing forces

Question 26

palpable

Answer 26

(adj)- able to be touched or felt

Question 27

grotesque

Answer 27

(adj.)- having a strange, odd design. (A very ugly or comically distorted figure, creature, or image.)

Question 28

naive

Answer 28

(adj.)- showing lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment

Question 29

futile

Answer 29

(adj.)- hopeless; pointless; incapable of producing any useful result

Question 30

Amazon

not website

Answer 30

(proper noun)- a large river in South America

Question 31

Caribbean

Answer 31

(proper noun)- the Caribbean Sea, a part of the Atlantic Ocean, bounded by South America, Central America, and the West Indies.