week 10/17-10/21 vocab

Question 1

acute

Answer 1

with a sharp point; keen alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time

Question 2

bluster

Answer 2

to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts; speech that is load and threatening

Question 3

bungle

Answer 3

to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness

Question 4

commentary

Answer 4

a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion

Question 5

duration

Answer 5

the length of time that something continues or lasts

Question 6

eerie

Answer 6

causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious

Question 7

facet

Answer 7

one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surface of a gem

Question 8

fidelity

Answer 8

the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness

Question 9

fray

Answer 9

a brawl, a noisy quarrel; to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate

Question 10

headstrong

Answer 10

willful, stubborn

Question 11

inhabitant

Answer 11

one living permanently in a given place

Question 12

numb

Answer 12

having lost the power of feeling or movement; to dull the feeling of; to cause to lose feeling

Question 13

pacify

Answer 13

to make peaceful or calm; to soothe

Question 14

ravenous

Answer 14

greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction

Question 15

refute

Answer 15

to prove incorrect

Question 16

remorse

Answer 16

deep and painful regret for one’s past misdeeds; pangs of conscience

Question 17

setback

Answer 17

something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat; a step-like recession in a wall

Question 18

smug

Answer 18

overly self-satisfied, self-righteous

Question 19

synopsis

Answer 19

a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc.;a summary

Question 20

tarry

Answer 20

to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while