vocabulary words (Bruiser-Tennyson)

Question 1

Next of kin

Answer 1

A person’s closest living relative
Kin - one’s family and relations

Question 2

Sasquatch

Answer 2

Bigfoot; imaginary giant creature

Question 3

A stray (dog)

Answer 3

Having no home; having wandered away from home

Question 4

To snicker

Answer 4

To give a half-suppressed, scornful (mean) laugh

Question 5

Inscrutable

Answer 5

Impossible to explain or interpret; enigmatic

Question 6

Aberrant

Answer 6

Departing from an expected standard; deviant

Question 7

Dysfunctional

Answer 7

Not operating normal or properly; deviating (in a bad way) from the norms of social behaviour

Question 8

Consolation

Answer 8

Comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment

Question 9

To settle (settling here)

Answer 9

To accept something that one considers to be less than satisfactory

Question 10

Coercion

Answer 10

To persuade someone to do something by using force or threats

Question 11

Scourge

Answer 11

A person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering; bane; affliction; curse

Question 12

To saunter (off)

Answer 12

To walk slowly (away)

Question 13

Miranda rights

Answer 13

The duty of the police to inform a person taken into custody of their right to legal representation (You have the right to remain silent; anything you say can and may be used against you in a court of law…)

Question 14

To tick (someone) off

Answer 14

To make (someone) angry

Question 15

To brag

Answer 15

Say something in a boastful manner (with excessive pride); to boast

Question 16

To irk

Answer 16

To irritate or to annoy

Question 17

Decimated

Answer 17

Destroyed

Question 18

Creep

Answer 18

A detestable person

Question 19

Stance

Answer 19

Posture; a way in which a person stands

Question 20

To spank

Answer 20

To slap with an open hand, usually the buttocks, as a punishment

Question 21

Receptacle

Answer 21

An objet used to contain something; container

Question 22

Bewildered

Answer 22

Perplexed and confused; very puzzled

Question 23

Cranky

Answer 23

Ill-tempered, irritable

Question 24

Stealthy

Answer 24

Behaving in a cautious manner, so as not to be seen or heard

Question 25

Livestock

Answer 25

Farm animals regarded as an asset

Question 26

Feral (child)

Answer 26

Resembling a wild animal

Question 27

Redneck

Answer 27

A derogatory term for a working class, white person

Question 28

Dumpster

Answer 28

A large garbage receptacle

Question 29

Imminent

Answer 29

About to happen

Question 30

To grieve

Answer 30

Suffer grief or sorrow

Question 31

To weep, to sob, to wail

Answer 31

To shed tears or to cry (with increasing intensity

Question 32

Gutsy

Answer 32

Showing courage, determination and spirit

Question 33

AWOL

Answer 33

Absent from one’s post without intent to desert (Away Without Official Leave)

Question 34

Lair

Answer 34

A refuge; an animal’s den

Question 35

Close-knit

Answer 35

United or bound together by strong relationship

Question 36

Knuckles

Answer 36

A part of a finger at a joint (where the finger joins the hand)

Question 37

A saving grace

Answer 37

A redeeming quality of characteristic