chap 15- 16

Question 1

inspicing fear or respect

Answer 1

formidable

Question 2

a straight line at an angle of 90° to a given line, plane, or surface.

Answer 2

perpendicular

Question 3

not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse

Answer 3

precarious

Question 3

large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.

Answer 3

cumbersome

Question 4

a sudden attack

Answer 4

paroxysms

Question 4

a thing that is or is likely to be wrongly

Answer 4

illusion

Question 5

an overhanging mass of hardened snow at the edge of a mountain

Answer 5

cornice

Question 6

he action or process of awarding someone money

Answer 6

compensation

Question 7

make continual twisting

Answer 7

writhed

Question 8

twist or bend out of the normal shape.

Answer 8

contorting

Question 9

tie or hold the arms or legs of (someone)

Answer 9

pinioned

Question 10

a temporary camp without tents or cover, used especially by soldiers or mountaineers

Answer 10

bivouac

Question 11

surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way

Answer 11

preeminent

Question 12

in a way that torments or teases

Answer 12

tantalizingly

Question 13

fail to give a true notion or impression

Answer 13

belied

Question 14

the action of spending funds

Answer 14

expenditure

Question 15

looking exhausted and unwell

Answer 15

haggard

Question 16

go or move back or further away from a previous position

Answer 16

receding

Question 17

the most successful point

Answer 17

pinnacle

Question 18

unable to take effective action

Answer 18

impotent

Question 19

the action or state of forcing or being forced

Answer 19

compulsion