Midterm Vocab

Question 1

What does ‘palpable’ mean?

Answer 1

capable of being touched or felt

Question 2

What does ‘uncanny’ mean?

Answer 2

strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation

Question 3

What does ‘instigate’ mean?

Answer 3

to urge on; provoke

Question 4

What does ‘ardent’ mean?

Answer 4

enthusiastic or passionate

Question 5

What does ‘prim’ mean?

Answer 5

neat and proper

Question 6

What does ‘garb’ mean?

Answer 6

clothing

Question 7

What does ‘beseeching’ mean?

Answer 7

begging; asking earnestly

Question 8

What does ‘earnest’ mean?

Answer 8

serious and sincere

Question 9

What does ‘demoralized’ mean?

Answer 9

having lost confidence or hope; disheartened

Question 10

What does ‘austere’ mean?

Answer 10

severe or stern in manner

Question 11

What does ‘intervening’ mean?

Answer 11

coming between so as to hinder or modify

Question 12

What does ‘sedately’ mean?

Answer 12

in a calm and dignified manner

Question 13

What does ‘mortified’ mean?

Answer 13

extremely embarrassed

Question 14

What does ‘sporadically’ mean?

Answer 14

occurring irregularly

Question 15

What does ‘petulantly’ mean?

Answer 15

in an irritated or impatient manner

Question 16

What does ‘mottled’ mean?

Answer 16

spotted or blotched in coloring

Question 17

What does ‘recumbent’ mean?

Answer 17

reclining; lying down

Question 18

What does ‘morosely’ mean?

Answer 18

in a sad, gloomy manner

Question 19

What does ‘brusquely’ mean?

Answer 19

in a blunt direct manner

Question 20

What does ‘imperiously’ mean?

Answer 20

commandingly; arrogantly; dominantly

Question 21

What does ‘mollified’ mean?

Answer 21

soothed; calmed

Question 22

What does ‘pugnacious’ mean?

Answer 22

eager to fight

Question 23

What does ‘flounced’ mean?

Answer 23

moved in an exaggerated or angry way

Question 24

What does ‘plaintively’ mean?

Answer 24

expressing sorrow or melancholy

Question 25

What does 'derision/derisive' mean?

Answer 25

the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt, expressing contempt or ridicule

Question 26

What does 'reprehensible' mean?

Answer 26

deserving blame

Question 27

What does 'bemused' mean?

Answer 27

confused; bewildered

Question 28

What does 'indignation' mean?

Answer 28

anger as a result of something unjust

Question 29

What does 'crestfallen' mean?

Answer 29

discouraged and dejected

Question 30

What does 'belligerently' mean?

Answer 30

in a hostile or angry manner

Question 31

What does 'covetous' mean?

Answer 31

desiring something owned by another

Question 32

What does 'impropriety' mean?

Answer 32

improper conduct; bad manners

Question 33

What does 'destitute' mean?

Answer 33

extremely poor; lacking necessities like food and shelter

Question 34

What does 'tacitly' mean?

Answer 34

expressed or carried out without words, implied

Question 35

What does 'waggish' mean?

Answer 35

humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner

Question 36

What does 'specter' mean?

Answer 36

a ghost or phantom

Question 37

What does 'deference' mean?

Answer 37

humble submission and respect

Question 38

What does 'indict' mean?

Answer 38

to charge with a crime; accuse

Question 39

What does 'supplication' mean?

Answer 39

the action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly

Question 40

What does 'avarice' mean?

Answer 40

a greedy desire, particularly for wealth

Question 41

What does 'tumultuous' mean?

Answer 41

characterized by disorder, confusion, or uproar

Question 42

What does 'laden' mean?

Answer 42

heavily loaded or weighed down

Question 43

What does 'despoil' mean?

Answer 43

to strip of possessions or value; plunder

Question 44

What does 'haggard' mean?

Answer 44

looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue or suffering

Question 45

What does 'reverently' mean?

Answer 45

in a manner showing deep respect

Question 46

What does 'capacious' mean?

Answer 46

having a lot of space; roomy

Question 47

What does 'artifice' mean?

Answer 47

a clever or cunning device/strategy used to deceive others

Question 48

What does 'opulence' mean?

Answer 48

wealth, affluence, abundance

Question 49

What does 'heresy' mean?

Answer 49

an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred

Question 50

What does 'officious' mean?

Answer 50

excessively eager to deliver unwanted help or advice

Question 51

What does 'repute' mean?

Answer 51

the opinion generally held of someone or something

Question 52

What does 'inexorable' mean?

Answer 52

impossible to stop or prevent

Question 53

What does 'sidled' mean?

Answer 53

to move sideways in a suspicious manner

Question 54

What does 'feign' mean?

Answer 54

to pretend, fake

Question 55

What does 'malady' mean?

Answer 55

a sickness, illness, disease, disorder