vocabulary list two

Question 1

Noun

1. Powerful whirlpool
2. State of turmoil

Answer 1

Maelstrom

Question 2

Adjective

1. Unable to take action, helpless
2. Unable to erect

Answer 2

Impotent

Question 3

Noun, correcting and revising text

Answer 3

Emendation

Question 4

Adjective, to delight in one’s success or another’s failure with smugness

Answer 4

Gloat

Question 5

Adjective, having lost strength or power, ineffectual

Answer 5

Effete

Question 6

Verb, skewer a sharp object through something

Answer 6

Impale

Question 7

Adjective, Lacking interest, full

Answer 7

Bland

Question 8

Verb

1. To lessen the seriousness of something with excuses
2. Make someone thin

Answer 8

Extenuate

Question 9

Adjective, behavior that’s primitive and uncivilized, relating to animals

Answer 9

Bestial

Question 10

Very fine, gauzy, see through material

Answer 10

Diaphanous

Question 11

Small showy trinket

Answer 11

Bauble

Question 12

Complicated network of passages

Answer 12

Labyrinth

Question 13

Piece of broken ceramic, glass, metal, or rock

Answer 13

Shard

Question 14

Rejection of all religious and moral principles, belief that life is meaningless

Answer 14

Nihilism