Vocabulary Books through 24

Question 1

Swineherd

Answer 1

Person who tends swine (pigs)

Question 2

Oracle

Answer 2

Priest or priestess who gives prophecies

Question 3

Pittance

Answer 3

Very small amount

Question 4

Blunt (adj.)

Answer 4

Very honest

Question 5

Peril

Answer 5

In danger

Question 6

Decrepit

Answer 6

Weakened by old age

Question 7

Portent

Answer 7

Indication or omen of something that is about to happen

Question 8

Alms

Answer 8

Money, food, or other gifts given to the poors

Question 9

Bedrudge

Answer 9

To envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of another

Question 10

Abroad

Answer 10

In or to a foreign country

Question 11

Intervene

Answer 11

To come between, to mediate

Question 12

Parasite

Answer 12

Person who receives support from another without returning the favour

Question 13

Catastrophe

Answer 13

Sudden and widespread disaster

Question 14

Suffice

Answer 14

Be enough or adequate

Question 15

Furnish

Answer 15

Provide or supply

Question 16

Tallow

Answer 16

Fatty tissue of animals

Question 17

Rapacious

Answer 17

Very greedy

Question 18

Exult

Answer 18

Show or feel triumphant joy

Question 19

Harlot

Answer 19

Woman with loose morals

Question 20

Fumigate

Answer 20

To expose, to smoke or fumes in order to disinfect or exterminate