Short Story Vocabulary

Question 1

Entrails

Answer 1

Intestines.

Question 2

Unsavoury

Answer 2

Unappealing or disagreeable; offensive.

Question 3

Inquisitive

Answer 3

Asking questions; eager for knowledge.

Question 4

Meticulous

Answer 4

Extreme care about tiny details; precise.

Question 5

Supplicate

Answer 5

To pray humbly; request; plead.

Question 6

Relishing

Answer 6

Pleasurable appreciation of something.

Question 7

Contemptuous

Answer 7

Showing disdain; scornful.

Question 8

Immaculate

Answer 8

Pure; flawless.

Question 9

Exuberant

Answer 9

Enthusiastic; lavishly abundant.

Question 10

Florid

Answer 10

Ornate; showy.

Question 11

Trammels

Answer 11

Hindrances; restraints.

Question 12

Genial

Answer 12

Warmly and pleasantly cheerful.

Question 13

Emanate

Answer 13

To flow out of.

Question 14

Epithalamia

Answer 14

A song in honor of a wedding.

Question 15

Fervent

Answer 15

Intensity of spirit, or enthusiasm.

Question 16

Imperious

Answer 16

Overbearing; bossy.

Question 17

Moiety

Answer 17

An indefinite portion, part, or share.

Question 18

Reveries

Answer 18

Dreamy meditation; daydream.

Question 19

Trifle

Answer 19

A thing of little value; insignificant.

Question 20

Caprice

Answer 20

Sudden change to one’s mind without apparent motive.

Question 21

Emaciated

Answer 21

Abnormally thin; wasting away of flesh.

Question 22

Ethereal

Answer 22

Heavenly; celestial.

Question 23

Illusory

Answer 23

Deceptive; misleading.

Question 24

Posterity

Answer 24

Descendants; future generations.

Question 25

Renounce

Answer 25

To give up or put aside; disown.

Question 26

Dissimilation

Answer 26

Becoming unlike.

Question 27

Vex

Answer 27

To annoy; irritate; provoke.

Question 28

Sagacity

Answer 28

Wisdom.

Question 29

Suavity

Answer 29

Smooth manner.

Question 30

Suppositions

Answer 30

Assumptions.

Question 31

Audacity

Answer 31

Boldness; daring; arrogance.

Question 32

Vehement

Answer 32

Extremely passionate; strongly emotional.

Question 33

Gesticulation

Answer 33

Animated gestures.

Question 34

Derision

Answer 34

Ridicule; mockery.

Question 35

Dissemble

Answer 35

Conceal the truth; put on the appearance of.

Question 36

Irresolute

Answer 36

Unsure; hesitating.

Question 37

Ardent

Answer 37

Passionate.

Question 38

Countenance

Answer 38

Face; expression.

Question 39

Dauntless

Answer 39

Fearless.

Question 40

Harrowing

Answer 40

Extremely distressing.

Question 41

Irrevocably

Answer 41

In a way impossible to change.

Question 42

Benevolent

Answer 42

Showing charity.

Question 43

Commiserate

Answer 43

To express sympathy.

Question 44

Consolation

Answer 44

Something that eases sorrow or disappointment.

Question 45

Discern

Answer 45

To detect; to perceive.

Question 46

Fiend

Answer 46

Evil spirit; devil.

Question 47

Omen

Answer 47

A sign of future good or evil.

Question 48

Conjecture

Answer 48

To guess using the available evidence.

Question 49

Disconsolate

Answer 49

Unable to be cheered up.

Question 50

Enigmatic

Answer 50

Puzzling.

Question 51

Flagrant

Answer 51

Highly offensive.

Question 52

Pensive

Answer 52

Deeply or dreamily thoughtful.

Question 53

Venerable

Answer 53

Worthy of respect or reverence.

Question 54

Wantonly

Answer 54

Maliciously; without restraint.

Question 55

Base

Answer 55

Mean-spirited.

Question 56

Inexorable

Answer 56

Unyielding.

Question 57

Insurmountable

Answer 57

Impossible to overcome.

Question 58

Irksome

Answer 58

Annoying.

Question 59

Listless

Answer 59

Lacking energy.

Question 60

Malicious

Answer 60

Deliberately harmful.

Question 61

Torpor

Answer 61

State of inactivity or apathy.

Question 62

Traverse

Answer 62

To travel across.

Question 63

Adversary

Answer 63

Enemy; opponent.

Question 64

Consternation

Answer 64

State of confusion.

Question 65

Illustrious

Answer 65

Very distinguished.

Question 66

Omnipotent

Answer 66

All-powerful.

Question 67

Pilgrimage

Answer 67

Long journey for a spiritual purpose.