Word of the Day

Question 1

comeuppance

Answer 1

deserved punishment of fate

Question 2

inaudible

Answer 2

unable to be heard

Question 3

dismiss

Answer 3

order or allow to leave; send away; discharge from employment for office; treated as unworthy of serious condition

Question 4

transport

Answer 4

take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another: overwhelm someone with a strong emotion (ex.joy)

Question 5

unsubscribe

Answer 5

cancel a subscription to an electronic mailing list or online service

Question 6

predict

Answer 6

say or estimate that a specified thing will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something

Question 7

remit

Answer 7

send money in payment or as a gift; release from or forgive

Question 8

climax (of a story)

Answer 8

turning point RIGHT BEFORE the most intense part of a story; it involves an important event, decision, discovery, or reveal what affects the FINAL outcome of the story

Question 9

unreliable narrator

Answer 9

when a story’s narrator cannot be trusted, They can be unreliable for purposeful dishonesty, metal illness, or self-deception

Question 10

curiosity

Answer 10

1.) a strong desire to know or learn something 2.) a strange or unusual object or fact

Question 11

sustanance

Answer 11

food and drink regarded as a source of strength nourishment

Question 12

idiom

Answer 12

is a common phrase with a meaning that can’t be understood by looking at its individual words, thoughts, ideas, and feelings without referring to them literally

Question 13

confuddled

Answer 13

in a state of extreme confusion, especially when unable to solve a frustrating problem

Question 14

fortifications

Answer 14

a defensive wall or other reinforcements built to strengthen a place against attack

Question 15

insolent/insolence

Answer 15

showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect; rude and disrespectful behavior

Question 15

beseech

Answer 15

ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore

Question 16

melancholy

Answer 16

a feeling of intense sadness; having a feeling of extreme sadness

Question 17

encounter

Answer 17

unexpectedly experience or be faced with something difficult or hostile; an unexpected on casual meeting with someone or something

Question 18

ominous

Answer 18

giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen

Question 19

foreboding

Answer 19

implying that something bad is going to happen; fearful apprehension; a feeling something bad will happen

Question 20

malice

Answer 20

the intention or desire to do evil, ill will

Question 21

sinister

Answer 21

giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen

Question 22

offer

Answer 22

present something for someone to accept or reject as so desired

Question 23

empathy

Answer 23

the ability to understand and share the feelings of another