Vocabulary #10: The Grapes of Wrath

Question 1

Imperious

Answer 1

(adj.) Domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial;overbearing; urgent; imperative: imperious need

Question 2

Inveterate

Answer 2

(adj.) Settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like
Firmly established by long continuance, as a disease, habit, practice, feeling; chronic

Question 3

Unkempt

Answer 3

(adj.)Not combed
Uncared-for or neglected: disheveled: messy
Unpolished; rough; crude

Question 4

Disconsolate

Answer 4

(adj.)Without consolation or solace: hopelessly unhappy: inconsolable
Characterized by or causing dejection; cheerless; gloomy

Question 5

Servile

Answer 5

(adj.)Slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning
Characteristic of, proper to, or customary for slaves; abject
Yielding slavishly; truckling
Extremely imitative, especially in the arts; lacking in originality
Being in slavery; oppressed

Question 6

Insinuate

Answer 6

(v-used with object) To suggest or hint slyly
To instill or infuse subtly or artfully, as into the mind
To bring or introduce into a position or relation by indirect or artful methods.

Question 7

Ravenous

Answer 7

(adj.) Extremely hungry; famished; voracious
Extremely rapacious
Intensely eager for gratification or satisfaction

Question 8

Morose

Answer 8

(adj.)Gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood

Characterized by or expressing gloom

Question 9

Agrarian

Answer 9

(adj.)Relating to land, land tenure, or the division of landed property
Pertaining to the advancement of agricultural groups
Composed of or pertaining to farmers
Rural; agricultural
Growing in fields; wild

Question 10

Vigilante

Answer 10

(n) A member of a vigilance committee
Any person who takes the law into his or her own hands, as by avenging a crime
(adj.) Done violently and summarily, without recourse to lawful procedures

Question 11

Magnanimous

Answer 11

(adj.)Generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty restfulness or vindictiveness
Proceeding from or revealing generosity or nobility of noble

Question 12

Sojourn

Answer 12

(n) A temporary stay

(v) To stay for a time in a place; live temporarily

Question 13

Dearth

Answer 13

(n) An inadequate supply; scarcity; lack

Scarcity and dearness of food; famine

Question 14

Repose

Answer 14

(n) The state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep
Peace; tranquillity; calm
Dignified calmness, as of manner; composure
Absence of movement, animation
(v-without an object) To lie or be at rest, as from work, activity.
To lie dead
To be peacefully calm and quiet
To lie or rest on something

Question 15

Somber

Answer 15

(adj) Gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted
Dark and dull, as color, or as things in respect to color
Gloomy, depressing, or dismal
Extremely serious; grave

Question 16

Obviate

Answer 16

(v-used with object) To anticipate and prevent or eliminate( difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary

Question 17

Cogent

Answer 17

(adj) Convincing or believing by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling
To the point; relevant; pertinent

Question 18

Candid

Answer 18

(adj) Frank; outspoken; open and sincere
Free from reservation, disguise, or subterfuge; straightforward
Informal; unposed
Honest; impartial

Question 19

Recapitulate

Answer 19

(v-with object)To review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize
(v-without object)To sum up statements or matters

Question 20

Ubiquitous

Answer 20

(adj) Existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipotent