Vocab Word Ch.1

Question 1

assuaged

Answer 1

make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense

Question 2

apothecary

Answer 2

a person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs.

Question 3

taciturn

Answer 3

(of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.

Question 4

chattel

Answer 4

(in general use) a personal possession.

Question 5

unsullied

Answer 5

not spoiled or made impure.

Question 6

dictum

Answer 6

a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source.

Question 7

strictures

Answer 7

a restriction on a person or activity.

Question 8

dispatched

Answer 8

send off to a destination or for a purpose.

Question 9

ambled

Answer 9

walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace.

Question 10

detention

Answer 10

he action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody, especially as a political prisoner.

Question 11

dispatched

Answer 11

send off to a destination or for a purpose.

Question 12

detachment

Answer 12

the state of being objective or aloof.

Question 13

repertoire

Answer 13

a stock of plays, dances, or pieces that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to perform.

Question 14

malevolent

Answer 14

having or showing a wish to do evil to others.

Question 15

vapid

Answer 15

offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.

Question 16

morbid

Answer 16

characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.

Question 17

nocturnal

Answer 17

done, occurring, or active at night.

Question 18

stealthy

Answer 18

behaving, done, or made in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard.

Question 19

mutilated

Answer 19

inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on.

Question 20

predilection

Answer 20

a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something.

Question 21

domiciled

Answer 21

treat a specified country as a permanent home.

Question 22

flivver

Answer 22

a cheap car or aircraft, especially one in bad condition.

Question 23

intimidation

Answer 23

the action of intimidating someone, or the state of being intimidated.

Question 24

nebulous

Answer 24

in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.

Question 25

transition

Answer 25

the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.

Question 26

concession

Answer 26

a thing that is granted, especially in response to demands; a thing conceded.