Night Vocab #1

Question 1

Blandishments

Answer 1

(noun) a flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently to do something.

Question 2

Convalescent

Answer 2

(Adjective/noun) a person who is recovering from an illness or operation.

Question 3

Treatise

Answer 3

(noun) a written work dealing formally and orderly with a subject.

Question 4

Lucidity

Answer 4

(noun) clarity of expression or brightness

Question 5

Constraint

Answer 5

(noun) limitation or restriction

Question 6

Pestilential

Answer 6

(adjective) tending to cause infectious disease; epidemic, contagious

Question 7

Encumbered

Answer 7

(verb) restrict/burden (someone/something) in a way free action/movement is difficult

Question 8

Notorious

Answer 8

(adjective) famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed.

Question 9

Profoundly

Answer 9

(adverb) to a profound extent; extreme, greatly

Question 10

Lamentation

Answer 10

(noun) passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping

Question 11

Contagion

Answer 11

(noun) disease spread by close contact

Question 12

Frenzy

Answer 12

(noun) a state with uncontrolled excitement or wild behavior

Question 13

Tether

Answer 13

(verb/noun) a knot or tie used to restrict movement

Question 14

Relentlessly

Answer 14

(adverb) in an unceasingly intense or harsh way.

Question 15

Apathy

Answer 15

(noun) lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

Question 16

Emaciated

Answer 16

(adjective) abnormally weak or thin, often caused by illness or lack of food

Question 17

Bereaved

Answer 17

(adjective) deprived of a close relation or friend through their death.

Question 18

Plaintive

Answer 18

(adjective) sounding sad and mournful.

Question 19

Recesses

Answer 19

(noun) thoughts or feelings they have which are hidden or difficult to describe

Question 20

Vitality

Answer 20

(noun) the state of being strong and active; energy.