Vocabulary 10th Grade #14

Question 1

Apex

Answer 1

noun - the highest point of something; the vertex; the culmination or point or climax

Question 2

Bourgeois

Answer 2

adjective - of or like the middle class; often referring to a focus upon material things and respectability
noun - a middle-class person; the middle class
noun - bourgeoisie

Question 3

Scrim

Answer 3

noun - in theatre, a sheer front curtain on which scenes are projected; a light, loosely-woven gossamer cotton or linen cloth

Question 4

Garret

Answer 4

noun - an attic; the part of the house just under the roof

Question 5

Philander

Answer 5

verb - to make advances, flirtations or love without serious intentions
noun - philanderer

Question 6

Profusion

Answer 6

noun - abundance; a large amount of

adjective - profuse

Question 7

Scarlet

Answer 7

adjective - a bright red color

Question 8

Clandestine

Answer 8

adjective - held or conducted with secrecy

adverb - clandestinely

Question 9

Maelstorm

Answer 9

noun - a powerful, often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius; a tumultuous, disordered state of affairs

Question 10

Rendezvous

Answer 10

noun - a meeting at an appointed place; the place for a meeting (often clandestine)
verb - to meet; the process of bringing two spacecraft together

Question 11

Perfidious

Answer 11

adjective - deliberately faithless; deceitful, dishonest

noun - perfidy

Question 12

Tranquil

Answer 12

adjective - free from agitation or disturbance; quiet; resting
noun - tranquility

Question 13

Rancor

Answer 13

noun - bitter, deep-seated ill will

adjective - rancorous

Question 14

Poignant

Answer 14

adjective - painfully affecting the feelings; creating intense emotion
adverb - poignantly

Question 15

Entourage

Answer 15

noun - the body of attendants or followers of a distinguished person; a retinue

Question 16

Tome

Answer 16

noun - a large and weighty book

Question 17

Morose

Answer 17

adjective - gloomy; unhappy; having a sullen disposition

adverb - morosely

Question 18

Capricious

Answer 18

adjective - having an inclination to do things impulsively; giving in to sudden whims or fancies

Question 19

Libretto

Answer 19

noun - a text, especially of an opera

Question 20

Proscenium

Answer 20

noun - the arch in the wall above a stage in front of the curtain

Question 21

Undulating

Answer 21

adjective - to have a wavelike motion or appearance; to rise and fall in pitch or volume