vocabulary words (Bruiser - chapters 50-66)

Question 1

Precipice

Answer 1

A very steep cliff

Question 2

Teeter

Answer 2

Move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

Question 3

Obliterate

Answer 3

Remove completely from recognition or memory

Question 4

Apparition

Answer 4

A ghostly appearing figure

Question 5

Shrug

Answer 5

Raise one’s shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation

Question 6

Corny

Answer 6

Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance

Question 7

Dazzle

Answer 7

Cause to lose clear vision, especially from intense light

Question 8

Bandwagon

Answer 8

A large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band

Question 9

Clandestine

Answer 9

Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

Question 10

Redemption

Answer 10

The act of purchasing back something previously sold

Question 11

Purgatory

Answer 11

A temporary state of the dead in Roman Catholic theology

Question 12

Agendum

Answer 12

A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)

Question 13

Commiserate

Answer 13

Feel or express sympathy or compassion

Question 14

Psychotic

Answer 14

Characteristic of or suffering from a severe mental disorder

Question 15

Abject

Answer 15

To be of the most contemptible king, of the most unfortunate kind

Question 16

Interloper

Answer 16

Someone who intrudes on the privacy of property of another

Question 17

Lemming

Answer 17

Any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution

Question 18

Eavesdrop

Answer 18

Listen without the speaker’s knowledge

Question 19

Incogruous

Answer 19

Lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness

Question 20

Deceit

Answer 20

The quality of being fraudulent

Question 21

Implosion

Answer 21

A sudden inward collapse

Question 22

Obnoxious

Answer 22

Causing disapproval or protest

Question 23

Incredulous

Answer 23

Not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving