Washington Irving Vocab

Question 0

common

Answer 0

prevalent

Question 1

an area of soft, wet ground; marsh

Answer 1

morass

Question 2

clearly defined; distinct

Answer 2

articulate

Question 3

frustrated or blocked

Answer 3

balked

Question 4

with distrust or disapproval

Answer 4

askance

Question 5

the state of being unmarried

Answer 5

celibacy

Question 6

soft, wet ground that one’s feet sink into; social or emotional difficulties

Answer 6

quaqmires

Question 7

not capable of being entered by force or captured

Answer 7

impregnable

Question 8

mixed up; confused

Answer 8

confounded

Question 9

feeding on the flesh of dead animals

Answer 9

carrion

Question 10

extraordinary ability or skill

Answer 10

prowess

Question 11

to take by force or threats

Answer 11

extort

Question 12

thriftiness; stinginess; miserliness

Answer 12

parsimony

Question 13

showiness; pretentiousness

Answer 13

ostentation

Question 14

boastful conceit; vanity

Answer 14

vainglory

Question 15

something useful for acheiving a purpose

Answer 15

expediency

Question 16

abusive; quarrelsome

Answer 16

termagant

Question 17

protagonist of a play, short story, or novel who has the converse of most of the traditional attributes of the hero

Answer 17

antihero

Question 18

pen name; alternate name

Answer 18

pseudonym

Question 19

flexible

Answer 19

malleable

Question 20

warlike

Answer 20

martial

Question 21

a private lecture given by a wife to her husband

Answer 21

curtain lecture

Question 22

diligence

Answer 22

assiduity

Question 23

loose breaches

Answer 23

galligaskins

Question 24

red, rosy

Answer 24

rubicund

Question 25

a scold; shrew

Answer 25

virago

Question 26

inspiring admiration

Answer 26

august

Question 27

drank heartily

Answer 27

quaffed

Question 28

revelers

Answer 28

roisters

Question 29

confused

Answer 29

addled

Question 30

exemption from punishment, penalty, consequence, or harm

Answer 30

impunity