Vocabulary for The Awakening pt.1

Question 1

lugger

Answer 1

small fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails

Question 2

chamomile

Answer 2

Eurasian plant apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally

Question 3

countenance

Answer 3

consent to, give permission, the appearance conveyed by a person’s face

Question 4

anecdotes

Answer 4

Brief, often amusing stories

Question 5

evinced

Answer 5

to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove

Question 6

peignoir

Answer 6

a loose dressing gown for women

Question 7

tacit

Answer 7

implied, indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly

Question 8

lamenting

Answer 8

vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression

Question 9

rockaway

Answer 9

a type of carriage, a light, four-wheeled carriage having two or three seats and a fixed top

Question 10

quadroon

Answer 10

an offspring of a Mulatto and a White parent

Question 11

encumbrance

Answer 11

any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome, an onerous or difficult concern

Question 12

efface

Answer 12

remove completely from recognition or memory

Question 13

iota

Answer 13

a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

Question 14

insidious

Answer 14

working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

Question 15

impervious

Answer 15

not admitting of passage or capable of being affected

Question 16

camaraderie

Answer 16

the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability

Question 17

vouchsafe

Answer 17

grant in a condescending manner, promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor

Question 18

languorous

Answer 18

lacking spirit or liveliness

Question 19

befurbelowed

Answer 19

very decorated with ruffles, laces, and trims

Question 20

sonorous

Answer 20

full and loud and deep in sound

Question 21

abyss

Answer 21

a bottomless gulf or pit

Question 22

sensuous

Answer 22

taking delight in beauty

Question 23

mantle

Answer 23

a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter

Question 24

Creole

Answer 24

a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana)

Question 25

crash

Answer 25

a type of fabric

Question 26

lateen

Answer 26

a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean

Question 27

effusive

Answer 27

extravagantly demonstrative

Question 28

propensity

Answer 28

an inclination to do something

Question 29

tragedian

Answer 29

an actor who specializes in tragic roles, a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies