The inmate chapter 1 - 5

Question 1

sordid

Answer 1

involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt.
“the story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams”

dirty or squalid.
“the overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading”

Question 2

shrill

Answer 2

adjective
(of a voice or sound) high-pitched and piercing.
“a shrill laugh”

verb
make a shrill noise.
“a piercing whistle shrilled through the night air”

noun
a shrill sound or cry.
“the shrill of a smoke detector filled the air”

Question 3

self-restraint

Answer 3

restraint imposed by oneself on one’s own actions; self-control.

Question 4

unabashedly

Answer 4

without embarrassment or shame.

“he was staring unabashedly at her”

Question 5

bawl one’s eyes out

Answer 5

to cry loudly especially for a long time. It’s the saddest book I’ve ever read. I bawled my eyes out at the end.

Question 6

wedlock

Answer 6

the state of being married.

Question 7

gangly

Answer 7

another term of gangling

(of a person) tall, thin, and awkward in movements or bearing.
“a gangling youth with a trace of down on his cheeks”

Question 8

irk

Answer 8

irritate; annoy.

“it irks her to think of the runaround she received”

Question 9

putty

Answer 9

noun
1.
a soft, malleable, grayish-yellow paste, made from whiting and raw linseed oil, that hardens after a few hours and is used chiefly for sealing glass panes in wooden window frames.
“countersink the screws so they can be covered with putty”
2.
a polishing powder, usually made from tin oxide, used in jewelry work.

verb
seal or cover (something) with putty.
“give me a minute until I putty these windows in”

Question 10

frown

Answer 10

verb
form an expression of disapproval, displeasure, or concentration, typically by turning down the corners of the mouth.
“he frowned as he reread the letter”

noun
a facial expression indicating disapproval, displeasure, or concentration, typically with the corners of the mouth turned down.
“she leans back uneasily, her mouth forming a pensive frown”

Question 11

drop someone or something off

Answer 11

drop off.
1. verb To leave someone or something at the destination to which one has transported it. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between “drop” and “off.”
When do I need to drop the kids off at soccer practice?
I’ll come to your house tonight and drop off your cake pan.
2. verb To happen less often than is normal or typical.
Is Kelly mad at me? We used to talk all the time, but our conversations have really dropped off lately.
3. verb To decline significantly.
Don’t sign that defenseman—his play has really dropped off as he’s gotten older.
That business had to close after sales dropped off sharply.
4. verb To release someone or something from one’s grasp (and let it fall) from a particular place (which is listed after “off”). In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between “drop” and “off.”
We dropped rocks off the bridge and listened to them splash into the river.
My daughter likes when I drop her off the ledge into the pool.
5. verb To fall asleep quickly and/or easily.
If you turn on the baby’s mobile, she’ll drop off without a fuss.
6. verb To die.
At least grandpa just dropped off in his sleep, rather than after some long illness.
7. noun A significant decline. In this usage, the phrase is usually hyphenated.
Don’t sign that defenseman—there’s been a real drop-off in his play as he’s gotten older.
That business had to close after suffering a major drop-off in sales.
8. noun A precipitous descent. In this usage, the phrase is usually hyphenated.
We aren’t experienced enough skiers to go down a drop-off like that and survive!
9. noun A place where someone or something is left or delivered. In this usage, the phrase is usually hyphenated.
Where is the drop-off for clothing donations?
10. adjective Describing a place were someone or something can be left or delivered. In this usage, the phrase is usually hyphenated..

Question 12

dread

Answer 12

anticipate with great apprehension or fear.

“Jane was dreading the party”

Question 13

shove

Answer 13

verb
push (someone or something) roughly.
“they started pushing and shoving people out of the way”

noun
a strong push.
“she gave him a hefty shove and he nearly fell”

Question 14

bob

Answer 14

verb
(of a thing) make a quick short movement up and down.
“I could see his red head bobbing around”

noun
a movement up and down.
“she could only manage a slight bob of her head”

Question 15

trample

Answer 15

verb
tread on and crush.
“the fence had been trampled down”

Question 16

throw (someone) a bone

Answer 16

to offer (someone) something that is not very important or valuable especially to stop complaints or protests
The boss would not let his workers out early for the holiday but threw them a bone by buying lunch.

Question 17

tentatively

Answer 17

I walk _____ through the barred door.

adverb
done without confidence; hesitant

Question 18

thud

Answer 18

a dull heavy sound.

Jean heard the thud of the closing door.

Question 19

warden

Answer 19

the head official in charge of a prison

Question 20

commute

Answer 20

travel some distance between one’s home and place of work on a regular basis.

I applied to every single job within a sixty-minute commute of the town.

Question 21

barred

Answer 21

closed or secured with a long rod or rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material.

He sits by a barred window.

Question 22

crisp

Answer 22

1.
(of a substance) firm, dry, and brittle, especially in a way considered pleasing or attractive.
“crisp bacon”
(of a fruit or vegetable) firm, indicating freshness.
“crisp lettuce”
(of the weather) cool, fresh, and invigorating.
“a crisp autumn day”
(of paper or cloth) smoothly and attractively stiff and uncreased.
“a crisp $5 bill”
(of hair) having tight curls, giving an impression of rigidity.
2.
(of a way of speaking or writing) briskly decisive and matter-of-fact, without hesitation or unnecessary detail

Question 23

rake

Answer 23

noun
an implement consisting of a pole with a crossbar toothed like a comb at the end, or with several tines held together by a crosspiece, used especially for drawing together cut grass or fallen leaves, or smoothing loose soil or gravel.

verb
collect, gather, or move with a rake or similar implement.
“I was the one who raked the leaves and cut the grass”

Question 24

squirm

Answer 24

verb
wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort.
“all my efforts to squirm out of his grasp were useless”

Similar:
wriggle
wiggle
writhe
twist
slide
slither
turn
shift
fidget
jiggle
twitch
thresh
flounder
flail
toss and turn
agonize

noun
a wriggling movement.
“the toddler gave a sudden squirm”

Question 25

construe

Answer 25

construe interpret (a word or action) in a particular way

Question 26

suggestive

Answer 26

tending to suggest an idea

Question 27

fluorescent

Answer 27

adjective (of a substance) having or showing fluorescence. "a fluorescent dye" noun a fluorescent tube or lamp.

Question 28

bludgeon

Answer 28

noun a thick stick with a heavy end, used as a weapon. "price is constantly used as a bludgeon against the company by reviewers who can't find anything bad to say about its products" ``` Similar: cudgel club stick truncheon baton bat heavy weapon blunt instrument nightstick blackjack cosh ``` verb beat (someone) repeatedly with a bludgeon or other heavy object. "she was found bludgeoned to death in the basement" ``` Similar: batter cudgel club strike hit beat beat up hammer ```

Question 29

sturdy

Answer 29

(of a person or their body) strongly and solidly built. | "he had a sturdy, muscular physique"

Question 30

vaguely

Answer 30

adverb 1. in a way that is uncertain, indefinite or unclear; roughly. "he vaguely remembered talking to her once" ``` Similar: roughly more or less approximately nearly just about practically virtually as near as dammit for all practical purposes to all intents and purposes plus-minus pretty much Opposite: exactly ``` 2. slightly. "he looked vaguely familiar" ``` Similar: slightly a little a bit somewhat rather moderately to some degree to a certain extent in a way to a slight extent faintly ```

Question 31

utterly

Answer 31

completely and without qualification; absolutely.

Question 32

reluctantly

Answer 32

unwillingly

Question 33

obediently

Answer 33

in a manner that shows willingness to comply with an order or request; submissively. "she obediently followed the housekeeper's instructions"

Question 34

trot

Answer 34

(with reference to a horse or other four-legged animal) proceed or cause to proceed at a pace faster than a walk, lifting each diagonal pair of legs alternately. "the horses trotted slowly through the night"

Question 35

agony

Answer 35

extreme physical or mental suffering. | "he crashed to the ground in agony"

Question 36

acute

Answer 36

adjective 1. (of a bad, difficult, or unwelcome situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree. "an acute housing shortage" ``` Similar: severe critical drastic dire dreadful terrible awful grave bad serious profound urgent pressing desperate all-important vital dangerous hazardous perilous precarious life-threatening life-and-death parlous egregious ``` Opposite: negligible 2. having or showing a perceptive understanding or insight; shrewd. "an acute awareness of changing fashions" ``` Similar: astute shrewd sharp sharp-witted razor-sharp rapierlike quick quick-witted agile nimble ingenious clever intelligent bright ```

Question 37

suture

Answer 37

noun 1. a stitch or row of stitches holding together the edges of a wound or surgical incision. "sutures are removed on the 5th to 7th day after the operation" 2. an immovable junction between two bones, such as those of the skull. verb stitch up (a wound or incision) with a suture. "the small incision was sutured"

Question 38

bore

Answer 38

1. make (a hole) in something, especially with a revolving tool. "the drill can bore through rock" ``` Similar: drill pierce perforate puncture punch cut tunnel burrow mine dig (out) gouge (out) sink make create put drive ``` 2. make one's way through (a crowd).

Question 39

legitimate

Answer 39

conforming to the law or to rules.

Question 40

incarcerate

Answer 40

imprison or confine.

Question 41

inmate

Question 42

parole

Question 43

laminated

Answer 43

overlay (a flat surface, especially paper) with a layer of plastic or some other protective material. "we will laminate your photos in clear plastic"

Question 44

ominous

Answer 44

adjective giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious. "there were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead" ``` Similar: threatening menacing baleful forbidding sinister doomy inauspicious unpropitious portentous unfavorable dire unpromising ```

Question 45

picturesque

Answer 45

visually attractive, especially in a quaint or pretty style.

Question 46

avert

Answer 46

``` 1. turn away (one's eyes or thoughts). "she averted her eyes during the more violent scenes" Similar: turn aside turn away turn to one side ``` ``` 2. prevent or ward off (an undesirable occurrence). "talks failed to avert a rail strike" Similar: prevent stop avoid nip in the bud stave off head off ward off ```

Question 47

constellation

Answer 47

a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure. Modern astronomers divide the sky into eighty-eight constellations with defined boundaries. a group or cluster of related things. "no two patients ever show exactly the same constellation of symptoms"

Question 48

holdover

Answer 48

a person or thing surviving from an earlier time, especially someone surviving in office or remaining on a sports team. "he is a holdover from the previous administraion"

Question 49

waft

Answer 49

waft pass or cause to pass easily or gently through or as if through the air. "the smell of stale fat wafted out from the cafe" ``` Similar: drift float glide whirl travel be carried be borne ```

Question 50

foyer

Answer 50

an entrance hall or other open area in a building used by the public, especially a hotel or theater.

Question 51

courtesy

Answer 51

the showing of politeness in one's attitude and behavior toward others.

Question 52

emphatically

Answer 52

in a forceful way. "she closed the door behind her emphatically" without doubt; clearly. "Jane, though born in California, feels emphatically Canadian"

Question 53

errant

Answer 53

erring or straying from the proper course or standards.

Question 54

colonel

Answer 54

an army officer of high rank, in particular (in the US Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps) an officer above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general.

Question 55

exaggerated

Answer 55

regarded or represented as larger, better, or worse than in reality. "an exaggerated account of his adventures" ``` Similar: overstated overemphasized inflated magnified amplified aggrandized excessive hyperbolic overelaborate overdone overripe overplayed overdramatized theatrical dramatic actorly highly colored extravagant melodramatic sensational sensationalist sensationalistic over the top OTT tall Opposite: understated enlarged or altered beyond normal proportions. "comic book characters are drawn with exaggerated features so you will remember them" ```

Question 56

whiff

Answer 56

1. a smell that is only smelled briefly or faintly. "I caught a whiff of peachy perfume" 2. a puff or breath of air or smoke. "whiffs of smoke emerged from the boiler"

Question 57

bid

Answer 57

offer (a certain price) for something, especially at an auction. "a consortium of dealers bid a world record price for a snuff box"

Question 58

condiment

Answer 58

a substance such as salt or ketchup that is used to add flavor to food.

Question 59

flinch

Answer 59

make a quick, nervous movement as an instinctive reaction to fear, pain, or surprise. "she flinched at the acidity in his voice"

Question 60

tolerance

Answer 60

1. the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with. "the tolerance of corruption" 2. the capacity to endure continued subjection to something, especially a drug, transplant, antigen, or environmental conditions, without adverse reaction. "the desert camel shows the greatest tolerance to dehydration"

Question 61

compulsion

Answer 61

1. the action or state of forcing or being forced to do something; constraint. "the payment was made under compulsion" 2. an irresistible urge to behave in a certain way, especially against one's conscious wishes. "he felt a compulsion to babble on about what had happened"

Question 62

upshot

Answer 62

the final or eventual outcome or conclusion of a discussion, action, or series of events. "the upshot of the meeting was that he was on the next plane to New York"

Question 63

obsess

Answer 63

obsess | preoccupy or fill the mind of (someone) continually, intrusively, and to a troubling extent.

Question 64

intimate

Answer 64

1. closely acquainted; familiar, close. "intimate friends" 2. private and personal. "intimate details of his sexual encounters

Question 65

whinning

Answer 65

noun the making of a long, high-pitched cry or sound. "dogs may exhibit signs of anxiety, such as whining, chewing, and excessive barking"

Question 66

practitioner

Answer 66

a person actively engaged in an art, discipline, or profession, especially medicine. "patients are treated by skilled practitioners"

Question 67

loopy

Answer 67

``` 1. INFORMAL crazy or silly. "the author comes across as a bit loopy" 2. having many loops. "a big, loopy signature" ```

Question 68

discretion

Answer 68

``` 1. the quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information. "she knew she could rely on his discretion" Similar: circumspection care carefulness caution wariness chariness guardedness tact tactfulness diplomacy delicacy sensitivity subtlety consideration prudence judiciousness judgment discrimination sense good sense common sense kid gloves Opposite: indiscretion rashness ``` ``` 2. the freedom to decide what should be done in a particular situation. "it is up to local authorities to use their discretion in setting the charges" Similar: choice option judgment preference disposition volition ```

Question 69

shackle

Answer 69

shackle verb past tense: shackled; past participle: shackled chain with shackles.

Question 70

creep

Answer 70

move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed. "he crept downstairs, hardly making any noise"

Question 71

claustrophobic

Question 72

beeline

Answer 72

a straight line between two places.

Question 73

ruggedly

Answer 73

in a strong, attractive way

Question 74

stuff

Answer 74

fill (a receptacle or space) tightly with something. | "an old teapot stuffed full of cash"

Question 75

kosher

Answer 75

1. (of food, or premises in which food is sold, cooked, or eaten) satisfying the requirements of Jewish law. "a kosher kitchen" 2. INFORMAL genuine and legitimate. "she consulted lawyers to make sure everything was kosher"

Question 76

lay out

Answer 76

lay out ``` make something easy to see spend money arrange something explain something show a dead body hit someone lie outside in sun ```

Question 77

grounded

Answer 77

1. well balanced and sensible. "for someone so young, Chris is extremely grounded" 2. (of a pilot or an aircraft) prohibited or prevented from flying. "you don't taunt a grounded flier, especially after he's had a few beers"

Question 78

deprived

Answer 78

suffering a severe and damaging lack of basic material and cultural benefits. "the charity cares for destitute and deprived children"

Question 79

yank

Answer 79

yank pull with a jerk.

Question 80

punk

Answer 80

1. a loud, fast-moving, and aggressive form of rock music, popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s. "punk had turned pop music and its attendant culture on its head" 2. INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN a worthless person (often used as a general term of abuse). "you think any of these punks they got fighting today could stand up to Joe Louis?"

Question 81

rat out | rat someone out

Answer 81

if someone rats you out, they are disloyal to you, especially by telling someone in authority about something wrong that you have done rat 1. (of a person, dog, or cat) hunt or kill rats. "we would always take a terrier when we fished and the terrier ratted away" 2. INFORMAL desert one's party, side, or cause. "many of the clans rallied to his support, others ratted and joined the King's forces"

Question 82

blurt something out

Answer 82

blurt something out to say something suddenly and without thinking, usually because you are excited or nervous:

Question 83

parlor

Answer 83

a room in a public building for receiving guests.

Question 84

rightfully

Answer 84

in accordance with a legitimate right or claim to property, position, or status.

Question 85

infatuated

Answer 85

possessed with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone. "an infatuated teenager"

Question 86

topple down

Answer 86

topple down 1. To lean or totter and fall down; to collapse. The strong winds caused a number of buildings in the city to topple down. Someone knocked into the old lady, and she toppled down on the sidewalk. 2. To cause someone or something to lean or totter and fall down; to cause someone or something to collapse. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "topple" and "down." The child toppled the blocks down with a kick. The performer lost control of his unicycle and toppled down a bunch of people in the audience.

Question 87

freckle

Answer 87

a small patch of light brown color on the skin, often becoming more pronounced through exposure to the sun.

Question 88

shot up

Answer 88

To grow, rise, or increase very quickly or dramatically. | Wow, you kids have really shot up since you were here last summer!

Question 89

shingle

Answer 89

a mass of small rounded pebbles, especially on a seashore.

Question 90

condemn

Answer 90

express complete disapproval of, typically in public; censure. "fair-minded peo sentence (someone) to a particular punishment, especially death. "the rebels had been condemned to death"

Question 91

tilt

Answer 91

move or cause to move into a sloping position.

Question 92

tug

Answer 92

pull (something) hard or suddenly.

Question 93

head over to

Answer 93

go to

Question 94

genuine

Answer 94

truly what something is said to be; authentic. "each book is bound in genuine leather" (of a person, emotion, or action) sincere. "a genuine attempt to delegate authority"