owl creek bridge vocab words

Question 1

sentinel

Answer 1

a solider or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch

Question 2

acclivity

Answer 2

an upward slope, as of ground

Question 3

embrasure

Answer 3

a recess of a door or window

Question 4

dignitary

Answer 4

one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor

Question 5

anvil

Answer 5

a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped

Question 6

secessionist

Answer 6

one who joins in a secession or maintain that secession is a right

Question 7

ardently

Answer 7

characterized by warmth of felling typically expressed in eager zealous support or activity

Question 8

imperious

Answer 8

marked by arrogant assurance

Question 9

chafed

Answer 9

to rub and thereby cause wear or irritation

Question 10

effaced

Answer 10

to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by earing away a surface

Question 11

oscillation

Answer 11

to swing backward and forward like a pendulum

Question 12

undulation

Answer 12

a rising and falling in waves

Question 13

preternaturally

Answer 13

existing outside of nature

Question 14

gesticulate

Answer 14

to make gestures especially when speaking

Question 15

presaging

Answer 15

something that foreshadows or portends a future event

Question 16

diminuendo

Answer 16

a decrease in loudness

Question 17

martinet

Answer 17

a strict disciplinarian