vocab lit part

Question 1

radical

Answer 1

thoroughgoing or extreme, especially as regards change from accepted or traditional forms

Question 2

marionette

Answer 2

a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs.

Question 3

feigning

Answer 3

to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of

Question 4

proboscis

Answer 4

any long flexible snout, as of the tapir

Question 5

olfactory

Answer 5

of or pertaining to the sense of smell

Question 6

odious

Answer 6

deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable

Question 7

abstract

Answer 7

thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances

Question 8

cacophony

Answer 8

a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds

Question 9

proclivities

Answer 9

natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition

Question 10

stratum

Answer 10

a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another

Question 11

pulverized

Answer 11

to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding

Question 12

contra sedative

Answer 12

stimulates yourself and makes you the opposite of calm

Question 13

pratfall

Answer 13

a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.

Question 14

intellectual

Answer 14

possessing or showing intellect or mental capacity, especially to a high degree

Question 15

luminescent

Answer 15

the emission of light not caused by incandescence and occurring at a temperature below that of incandescent bodies

Question 16

mausoleum

Answer 16

burial place for the bodies or remains of many individuals, often of a single family, usually in the form of a small building

Question 17

centrifuge

Answer 17

an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.

Question 18

theremin

Answer 18

a musical instrument with electronic tone generation, the pitch and tone volume being controlled by the distance between the player’s hands and two metal rods serving as antennas.