Vocabulary

Question 1

to cover with or as if with feathers or down

Answer 1

fledged

Question 2

a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work

Answer 2

motif

Question 3

the action or process of developing and unfolding as if coming into flower: blossoming

Answer 3

efflorescence

Question 4

having deceptive attraction or allure; having a false look of truth or genuineness

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specious

Question 5

a brilliant radiance; a shining forth.

Answer 5

effulgence

Question 6

The state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.

Answer 6

enmity

Question 7

The support about which a lever turns

Answer 7

fulcrum

Question 8

To raise or represent, to decorate, to cause to bulge out

Answer 8

embossed

Question 9

A complex part, action

Answer 9

intricacies

Question 10

deviating from the recognized or customary character

Answer 10

eccentric

Question 11

Morning Prayer

Answer 11

matins

Question 12

a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing

Answer 12

precentor

Question 13

deficient in color; very pale

Answer 13

pallidy

Question 14

a sense of humiliation and shame caused by something that wounds one’s pride

Answer 14

mortification

Question 15

spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light

Answer 15

suffusion

Question 16

Unusual or extreme or extreme paleness as from fear, ill health, or death.

Answer 16

pallor

Question 17

The act or process of breaking up and spreading out.

Answer 17

dispersal

Question 18

out of line; not organized in an orderly fashion

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askew

Question 19

to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and crossover

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surmounted

Question 20

to distort especially from a true value or symmetrical form

Answer 20

skewed

Question 21

To imprison; To shut in; seclude or confine

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immured

Question 22

a narrow passage or gorge

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defiles

Question 23

using or giving in great amounts; prodigal

Answer 23

lavishly

Question 24

a fortified area or position

Answer 24

bastion

Question 25

A break, gap, or pause in a continuous action or work

Answer 25

hiatus

Question 26

Move hurriedly with short, quick steps.

Answer 26

scurried