Vocabulary #10

Question 1

privy (adj.)

Answer 1

(adj) sharing in the knowledge of (something secret or private)

Question 2

haughty (adj.)

Answer 2

(adj) arrogantly superior and disdainful

Question 3

Sepulcher (n.)

Answer 3

(n) a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried

Question 4

ambiguity (n.)

Answer 4

(n) uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language

Question 5

scourge (n/v.)

Answer 5

(n/v) a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering/to cause trouble

Question 6

wondrous (adj.)

Answer 6

(adj) inspiring a feeling of wonder or delight; marvelous.

Question 7

aloof (adj.)

Answer 7

(adj) not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant

Question 8

weary (adj.)

Answer 8

(adj) feeling or showing tiredness, esp. as a result of excessive exertion or lack of sleep

Question 9

condemn (v.)

Answer 9

(v) express complete disapproval of, typically in public

Question 10

Strew (v.)

Answer 10

(v) scatter or spread (things) untidily over a surface or area