Modern European Lit- Dracula Vocab (Chap 1-10)

Question 1

brigands

Answer 1

robbers or bandits, especially of an outlaw band

Question 2

reticent

Answer 2

inclined to keep one’s thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself

Question 3

polygot

Answer 3

speaking, writing, written in, or composed of several languages

Question 4

caleche

Answer 4

a light carriage with two or four low wheels and a collapsible top

Question 5

alacrity

Answer 5

cheerful willingness, eagerness, speed or quickness

Question 6

prodigious

Answer 6

impressively great in size, force, or extent, enormous

Question 7

dissipated

Answer 7

drove away, dispersed

Question 8

malady

Answer 8

a disease, a disorder, or an ailment

Question 9

procured

Answer 9

got by special effort, obtained or acquired

Question 10

saturnine

Answer 10

melancholy or sullen, having or marked by a tendency to be bitter

Question 11

menial

Answer 11

relating to work or a job regarded as for a servant

Question 12

consigning

Answer 12

give over to the care of another, entrust

Question 13

acumen

Answer 13

quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight

Question 14

impregnable

Answer 14

impossible to capture or enter by force

Question 15

voluptuous

Answer 15

arising from or contributing to the satisfaction of sensual desires

Question 16

languorous

Answer 16

lack of physical or mental energy, listlessness

Question 17

obeisance

Answer 17

gesture, such as a curtsy, that expresses deference or respect

Question 18

cudgeling

Answer 18

beating or striking as if with a heavy stick

Question 19

embrasure

Answer 19

an opening in a thick wall for a window, often containing a bench

Question 20

instigation

Answer 20

deliberate and intentional triggering of trouble or discord

Question 21

assiduously

Answer 21

with care and persistence

Question 22

imperturbable

Answer 22

unshakably calm and collected

Question 23

torrent

Answer 23

a heavy, uncontrolled outpouring

Question 24

sanguine

Answer 24

cheerfully confident, optimistic, of a healthy reddish color

Question 25

viaduct

Answer 25

bridge consisting of arches used to carry a road over a valley

Question 26

succumbed

Answer 26

yielded to an overwhelming desire; gave up or gave in

Question 27

expostulate

Answer 27

to reason with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct

Question 28

acquiesced

Answer 28

to consent or comply passively or without protest

Question 29

obliterated

Answer 29

to do away with completely so as to leave no trace

Question 30

vivisection

Answer 30

injuring living animals for the purpose of scientific research

Question 31

eminence

Answer 31

a position of great distinction or superiority

Question 32

prolific

Answer 32

producing abundant works or results

Question 33

addendum

Answer 33

something added or to be added, as in a supplement to a book

Question 34

maelstrom

Answer 34

a violent or turbulent situation, a large violent whirlpool

Question 35

adduce

Answer 35

to cite as an example or means of proof in an argument

Question 36

agglomeration

Answer 36

a confused or jumbled mass

Question 37

curates

Answer 37

a cleric, especially one who has charge of a parish

Question 38

diorama

Answer 38

scene in which figures are arranged in a naturalistic setting against a painted background

Question 39

languid

Answer 39

lacking energy or vitality, weak

Question 40

apathy

Answer 40

lack of interest or concern, lack of emotion or feeling

Question 41

vocation

Answer 41

an occupation, especially one for which a person is suited

Question 42

cormorant

Answer 42

a greedy, rapacious person

Question 43

paroxysm

Answer 43

a sudden outburst of emotion or action

Question 44

demurred

Answer 44

voiced opposition, objected

Question 45

boudoir

Answer 45

a woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom

Question 46

husbandry

Answer 46

the practice of growing crops, breeding and raising livestock

Question 47

converged

Answer 47

came together from different directions, met

Question 48

stalwart

Answer 48

having or marked by imposing physical strength

Question 49

trituration

Answer 49

bruising or crushing

Question 50

presage

Answer 50

an indication or warning of a future occurrence, an omen