Screwtape Letters Vocab

Question 1

Naif (naive)

Answer 1

Having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous

Question 2

Propaganda

Answer 2

Information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.

Question 3

Unalterable

Answer 3

Not capable of being altered, changed, or modified.

Question 4

Sojourn

Answer 4

A temporary stay

Question 5

Aspiration

Answer 5

A strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition:

Question 6

Laborious

Answer 6

Requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance

Question 7

Vermin

Answer 7

Noxious, objectionable, or disgusting animals collectively, especially those of small size that appear commonly and are difficult to control, as flies, lice, bedbugs, cockroaches, mice, and rats.

Question 8

Liaisons

Answer 8

A person who initiates and maintains such a contact or connection.

Question 9

Condescension

Answer 9

To behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.

Question 10

Ledger

Answer 10

Bookkeeping. an account book or digital file of final entry, in which business transactions are recorded

Question 11

Hitherto

Answer 11

Up to this time; until now

Question 12

Elementary

Answer 12

Reduced to it’s simplest component; basic

Question 13

Rendering

Answer 13

To cause to be or become; make

Question 14

Innocuous

Answer 14

Not harmful or injurious; harmless

Question 15

Qualm

Answer 15

An uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct

Question 16

Double standard

Answer 16

Any code or set of principles containing different provisions for one group of people than for another

Question 17

Utterances

Answer 17

Speeches; words

Question 18

Piqued

Answer 18

Irritated and resentful, especially because of an injury to one’s pride:

Question 19

Dilemma

Answer 19

A situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives

Question 20

Veritably

Answer 20

Being truly or very much so

Question 21

Coterie

Answer 21

A group of people who associate closely

Question 22

Pacifism

Answer 22

Opposition to war or violence of any kind.

Question 23

Temporal

Answer 23

Pertaining to or concerned with the present life or this world; worldly

Question 24

Partisan

Answer 24

An adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance

Question 25

Asphyxiate

Answer 25

To cause to die or lose consciousness by impairing breathing with gas or by choking; choke

Question 26

Inaccessible

Answer 26

Not accessible; unapproachable

Question 27

Tedium

Answer 27

The quality or state of being wearisome

Question 28

Trumpery

Answer 28

Something without use or value; rubbish; trash

Question 29

Preliminary

Answer 29

Preceding and leading up to the main part, matter or business; preparatory

Question 30

Clamor

Answer 30

A loud uproar, as from a crowd of people

Question 31

Endowment

Answer 31

The gift, talent, faculty, or quality that someone or something is equipped with

Question 32

Pittance

Answer 32

A small amount or share

Question 33

Abject

Answer 33

Utterly hopeless

Question 34

Cynicism

Answer 34

Having a cynical disposition; being distrusting

Question 35

Fidelity

Answer 35

Strict observance of promises, duties, etc; loyalty

Question 36

Connoisseur

Answer 36

A person who is especially competent to pass judgments in an art, particularly one of fine arts

Question 37

Appraise

Answer 37

To estimate the monetary value of; assess

Question 38

Incredulous

Answer 38

Disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical

Question 39

Insipid

Answer 39

Without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid

Question 40

Pestilent

Answer 40

Producing or tending to produce infectious, epidemic-level disease

Question 41

Scruples

Answer 41

Multiple moral or ethical considerations or standards that act as restraining forces or inhibits certain actions

Question 42

Reiterate

Answer 42

To say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.

Question 43

Heresy

Answer 43

Opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.

Question 44

Jocular

Answer 44

Given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious:

Question 45

Celibacy

Answer 45

Abstention from sexual relations.

Question 46

Teetotalism

Answer 46

The principle or practice of total abstinence from intoxicating drink.