Walk Two Moons Vocab

Question 1

Peculiar

Answer 1

strange, odd; unusual

Question 2

Yarn

Answer 2

tale or story of adventure usually made up or exaggerated

Question 3

Lunatic

Answer 3

a mentally ill or insane person

Question 4

Omnipotent

Answer 4

having all power; almighty

Question 5

Dignified

Answer 5

having or showing honor or worth`

Question 6

Boa

Answer 6

a long fluffy scarf usually made of feathers or fur, usually worn around a women’s neck

Question 7

Cholesterol

Answer 7

a white, fatty substance found in the blood or tissues in the body

Question 8

Cadaver

Answer 8

dead body; corpse

Question 9

Diabolic

Answer 9

cruel, wicked, devilish

Question 10

Divulge

Answer 10

to make known; tell; reveal

Question 11

Pandemonium

Answer 11

wide uproar or confusion

Question 12

Prissy

Answer 12

fussy

Question 13

Shrapnel

Answer 13

metal fragments of an exploding shell

Question 14

Flinch

Answer 14

to pull back quickly in pain or fear

Question 15

Agenda

Answer 15

list of things to be talked about or to be done

Question 16

Elaborate

Answer 16

to say more on a subject; give more detail

Question 17

Malevolent

Answer 17

wishing evil or harm to happen to others; spiteful

Question 18

Skeptical

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having or showing doubt; not believing

Question 19

Gullible

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easily tricked or fooled; deceived

Question 20

Edible

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good or safe to eat

Question 21

Anonymous

Answer 21

a person’s name is unknown or not given

Question 22

Sullen

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showing bad humor; silent and angry; glum

Question 23

Cavort

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to leap about; prance; frolic

Question 24

Malingering

Answer 24

to pretend to be sick in order to keep from working or doing one’s duty

Question 25

Amnesia

Answer 25

a partial or complete loss of memory caused by shock, brain injury, or an illness

Question 26

Treacherous

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betraying a trust; disloyal

Question 27

Unadulterated

Answer 27

pure

Question 28

Sarcastic

Answer 28

using nasty or bitter remarks to make fun of somebody or or to hurt a person’s feelings

Question 29

Nonchalant

Answer 29

not caring; not showing concern; casual

Question 30

Ogling

Answer 30

to keep looking at in a loving way; flirt

Question 31

Dissuade

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to convince a person not to do something

Question 32

Grotesque

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distored; odd; unnatural; very ugly or strange

Question 33

Maneuver

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to move or guide in a clever planned way

Question 34

Intriguing

Answer 34

to catch the interest or increase the curiosity of; fascinate