Vocabulary Of Short Storys

Question 0

Improvised

Answer 0

Adj. invented, composed, or done without preparing beforehand

Question 1

Convoluted

Answer 1

Adj. turned in or wound up upon itself; coiled; twisted

Question 2

Taut

Answer 2

Adj. tense; tight

Question 3

Spasmodic

Answer 3

Adj. sudden, violent, and temporary

Question 4

Deftness

Answer 4

N. The quality of being skillful and nimble

Question 5

Pent-up

Answer 5

Adj. not expressed or released; held in

Question 6

Reveling

Answer 6

Adj. taking great pleasure

Question 7

Unimpeded

Answer 7

Adj. not obstructed; unblocked

Question 8

Cataclysm

Answer 8

N. A disaster, usually one that causes sudden and violent change

Question 9

Presentiment

Answer 9

N. A feeling that something is about to happen

Question 10

Equanimity

Answer 10

N. The ability to remain calm and assured

Question 11

Fortitude

Answer 11

N. Firm courage or strength of mind in the face of pain or danger

Question 12

Pandemonium

Answer 12

N. Wild disorder and uproar

Question 13

Tribulation

Answer 13

N. Great misery or distress; suffering

Question 14

Phenomena

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Ferocity

Answer 15

N. Great fierceness; extreme intensity

Question 16

Tentative

Answer 16

Adj. not fully worked out; uncertain;

Question 17

Spawn

Answer 17

V. To bring forth; give birth