Refugee Vocab - Part 1

Question 1

What is the definition of ‘pandemonium’?

Answer 1

A state of chaos or uproar.

Question 2

What is a ‘truncheon’?

Answer 2

A short stick carried as a weapon by a police officer.

Question 3

What does ‘adhan’ refer to?

Answer 3

A call to prayer in Islam.

Question 4

What does ‘ethereal’ mean?

Answer 4

Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world.

Question 5

What does ‘catatonic’ describe?

Answer 5

In a state of immobile or stupor.

Question 6

What is an ‘omen’?

Answer 6

An event that is a portent of something to come.

Question 7

What does ‘gaunt’ mean?

Answer 7

Lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age.

Question 8

What does ‘manically’ describe?

Answer 8

In an excited or anxious manner.

Question 9

What is ‘indignation’?

Answer 9

Anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment.

Question 10

What is a ‘talisman’?

Answer 10

An object that is believed to have magical powers and bring good luck.

Question 11

Doffed

Answer 11

Tipped in greeting

Question 12

Languish

Answer 12

To wither and weaken

Question 13

Waning

Answer 13

Something that is decreasing or becoming weaker gradually

Question 14

Infidels

Answer 14

An offensive person who doesn’t believe in someone’s religion

Question 15

Diminutive

Answer 15

Small or petite

Question 16

Refrain

Answer 16

Something that is continually repeated

Question 17

Squalid

Answer 17

Marked by filthiness from neglect or poverty

Question 18

Asylum

Answer 18

A place of protection for refugees

Question 19

Obscure

Answer 19

Not expressing the meaning clearly

Question 20

Bulbous

Answer 20

Bulb shaped

Question 21

Prow

Answer 21

Forepart of a ship or boat

Question 22

Dissidents

Answer 22

A person who refuses to confirm political and social values

Question 23

Ominous

Answer 23

Portending evil or harm

Question 24

Dubious

Answer 24

Doubtful

Question 25

Lanky

Answer 25

Of a person- ungracelly thin and tall

Question 26

Ration

Answer 26

Allows each person to have a fixed amount

Question 27

Recoil

Answer 27

To shrink back physically or emotionally from disgust

Question 28

Promenade

Answer 28

A paved public walk

Question 29

Busker

Answer 29

A person who performs entertainment on the street or another public place for money

Question 30

Indignation

Answer 30

Anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment

Question 31

Talisman

Answer 31

An object that is thought to have magical powers and have good luck

Question 32

Berth

Answer 32

Distance given between oneself and another person or object