vocab words 5

Question 1

showing a disposition to avoid exertion

Answer 1

indolently

Question 2

to go or move away from; to retreat

Answer 2

receding

Question 3

to recognize as distinct or different

Answer 3

discerned

Question 4

Removing or capable of removing hostility and suspicion by being charming

Answer 4

disarming

Question 5

lacking discretion

Answer 5

imprudent

Question 6

to prevail over

Answer 6

surmounted

Question 7

not changing or capable of being changed

Answer 7

invariably

Question 8

anxious or concerned about

Answer 8

solicitous

Question 9

incapable of producing any results

Answer 9

futile

Question 10

full of enthusiasm

Answer 10

zealous

Question 11

uneasy or fearful about something that might happen

Answer 11

apprehensive

Question 12

dependent on circumstances beyond one’s control

Answer 12

precariously

Question 13

being a subject for grief or regret

Answer 13

deplorable

Question 14

lower in rank or station

Answer 14

inferior

Question 15

to fill or overcome with horror, fear, or dismay

Answer 15

appalled

Question 16

to give human characteristics to something that is not human

Answer 16

personification

Question 17

a direct comparison of two unlike thing using like or as

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simile

Question 18

a character that remains unchanged throughtout the wok

Answer 18

static character

Question 19

a character that undergoes a change during the story

Answer 19

dynamic character

Question 20

the thing that happens to introduce the conflict

Answer 20

inciting incident