1 semester (midterms)

Question 1

reconciliation

Question 2

plight

Answer 2

a trying or unpleasant situation

Question 3

homage

Answer 3

respectful admiration

Question 4

sullenly

Answer 4

gloomily

Question 5

ominous

Answer 5

suggesting that disaster is about to occur

Question 6

adobe

Answer 6

brick made of sun-dried earth

Question 7

cloister

Answer 7

place of protection for a type of religious people

Question 8

apparition

Answer 8

ghostlike image of a person

Question 9

circumspect

Answer 9

careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk

Question 10

availed

Answer 10

help or benefit

Question 11

unbridled

Answer 11

without restraint; left free

Question 12

spasmodically

Answer 12

having a fit or acting fitfully

Question 13

paroxysm

Answer 13

a sudden, violent emotion; outburst

Question 14

pinion

Answer 14

to bind

Question 15

suppleness

Answer 15

flexibility

Question 16

chagrin

Answer 16

feeling of annoyance caused by failure or disappointment

Question 17

vortex

Answer 17

whirlpool, eddy

Question 18

deteriorating

Answer 18

worsening

Question 19

pervasively

Answer 19

widespread; in a manner that affects many

Question 20

missionaries

Answer 20

people sent to convert others to a religion or to teach religious beliefs

Question 21

pueblo

Answer 21

(spanish) village

Question 22

approbation

Answer 22

official acceptance or agreement

Question 23

agape

Answer 23

wide open

Question 24

amid

Answer 24

surrounded by; in the middle of

Question 25

roquelaure

Answer 25

knee-length garment

Question 26

beleaguered

Answer 26

being subjected to constant or repeated trouble or harassment

Question 27

endeavor

Answer 27

to try hard to achieve something; attempt, effort

Question 28

incessantly

Answer 28

constantly, endlessly

Question 29

nocturnal

Answer 29

active at night

Question 30

iridescent

Answer 30

having shifting changes in color

Question 31

hypothermic

Answer 31

dangerous loss of body heat

Question 32

shaman

Answer 32

priest or healer

Question 33

executor

Answer 33

person who carries out plans; puts something into effect

Question 34

clandestine

Answer 34

conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

Question 35

pugnacious

Answer 35

eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight

Question 36

fiend

Answer 36

an evil spirit or demon

Question 37

amontillado

Answer 37

sherry

Question 38

ascetic

Answer 38

practicing strict self denial as a measure of personal or spiritual discipline

Question 39

embitter

Answer 39

make resentful

Question 40

finesse

Answer 40

refinement, delicacy

Question 41

odious

Answer 41

hateful and offensive

Question 42

evanesce

Answer 42

disappear

Question 43

pensively

Answer 43

thoughtful or troubled manner

Question 44

buoyant

Answer 44

capable of floating

Question 45

pagans

Answer 45

person who is not religious

Question 46

catastrophe

Answer 46

an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster

Question 47

erroneous

Answer 47

wrong incorrect

Question 48

bourgeois

Answer 48

middle class; materialistic

Question 49

vexation

Answer 49

state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried

Question 50

puncheons

Answer 50

large barrels

Question 51

draught

Answer 51

drink

Question 52

languor

Answer 52

lack of interest; listlessness

Question 53

parsimony

Answer 53

extreme thriftiness

Question 54

careen

Answer 54

lurch from side to side

Question 55

infallibility

Answer 55

correctness, incapacity for error

Question 56

briny

Answer 56

salty

Question 57

parishioners

Answer 57

members of a church district or parish

Question 58

corroborated

Answer 58

confirm or give support to

Question 59

presume

Answer 59

guessing an answer

Question 60

luminous

Answer 60

full of or shedding light; bright or shining

Question 61

audacious

Answer 61

showing a willingness to take bold risks

Question 62

interloper

Answer 62

people who meddle or intrude in other people's concerns

Question 63

parapet

Answer 63

long, low wall or railing