Vocabulary

Question 1

Cataclysm

Answer 1

A disaster, usually one that causes sudden and violent change

Question 2

Presentiment

Answer 2

A feeling that something is about to happen

Question 3

Equanimity

Answer 3

The ability to remain calm and assured

Question 4

Fortitude

Answer 4

Firm courage or strength in mind in the face of pain or anger

Question 5

Pandemonium

Answer 5

Wild disorder and uproar

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Tribulation

Answer 6

Great misery or distress; suffering

Question 7

Convoluted

Answer 7

Turned in or wound up upon itself; coiled; twisted

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Improvised

Answer 8

Invented, composed, or done without preparing beforehand

Question 9

Taut

Answer 9

Tense; tight

Question 10

Spasmodic

Answer 10

Sudden, violent, and temporary

Question 11

Deftness

Answer 11

The quality of being skillful and nimble

Question 12

Pent-up

Answer 12

Not expressed or released; held in

Question 13

Reveling

Answer 13

Taking great pleasure

Question 14

Unimpeded

Answer 14

Not obstructed; unblocked

Question 15

Phenomena

Answer 15

Facts, events, or conditions that can be known through the senses

Question 16

Pall

Answer 16

A covering that darkens or conceals; atmosphere of gloom

Question 17

Ferocity

Answer 17

Great fierceness; extreme intensity

Question 18

Tentative

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Not fully worked out; uncertain

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Spawn

Answer 19

To bring forth; give birth

Question 20

Harass

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To bother or annoy repeatedly

Question 21

Makeshift

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Suitable as a temporary substitute for the proper or desired thing

Question 22

Vintage

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Characterized by enduring appeal; classic

Question 23

Decapitate

Answer 23

To cut off the head of

Question 24

Relic

Answer 24

An object that has survived decay, destruction, or the passage of time is valued for its historic interest

Question 25

Expendable

Answer 25

Not strictly necessary; capable of being sacrificed without negative effect

Question 26

Correlate

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To bring into relation with another thing; calculate

Question 27

Paradox

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Something that seems illogical, contradictor, or absurd, but that in fact may be true

Question 28

Resilient

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Capable of springing back into shape or position after being bent, stretched, or compressed

Question 29

Primeval

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Of or having to do with the first or earliest age; primitive

Question 30

Verbal irony

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Saying one thing and meaning another

Question 31

Situational irony

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What happens is different from what is expected

Question 32

Dramatic irony

Answer 32

The reader has important information that the characters do not have

Question 33

Profuse

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Great in amount; plentiful

Question 34

Dauntless

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Fearless; courageous; daring

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Sagacious

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Having or showing wisdom and good judgement

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Countenance

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The face

Question 37

Wanton

Answer 37

Shamelessly unrestrained; immoral

Question 38

Appal

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To fill with horror or dismay; shock

Question 39

Spectral

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Ghostlike

Question 40

Blasphemous

Answer 40

Showing disrespect or scorn for god or anything sacred