TKAM Part 2

Question 1

What is an altercation?

Answer 1

An angry dispute or quarrel.

Question 2

What does compensation mean?

Answer 2

Something given to make up for something else.

Question 3

What is meant by ecclesiastical?

Answer 3

Having to do with the church or the clergy.

Question 4

What does formidable mean?

Answer 4

Hard to overcome or deal with.

Question 5

What is a prerogative?

Answer 5

A right or privilege.

Question 6

What are qualms?

Answer 6

Sudden, disturbing feelings of uneasiness.

Question 7

What is edification?

Answer 7

Intellectual, spiritual, or moral improvement.

Question 8

What does inaudible mean?

Answer 8

Not audible; cannot be heard.

Question 9

What does obscure mean?

Answer 9

Not clearly expressed; hard to understand.

Question 10

What are peculiarities?

Answer 10

Strange or unusual qualities.

Question 11

What does placid mean?

Answer 11

Pleasantly calm or peaceful.

Question 12

What is a quarrel?

Answer 12

An angry dispute or disagreement.

Question 13

What does corroborating mean?

Answer 13

Making more certain; double checking; conspiring.

Question 14

What does frank mean?

Answer 14

Direct and unreserved in speech.

Question 15

What does profane mean?

Answer 15

Hold contempt for; usually toward God.

Question 16

What is scrutiny?

Answer 16

A thorough searching; a close examination or inquiry.

Question 17

What is a subpoena?

Answer 17

A summons for witness or evidence before a court.

Question 18

What does acquainted mean?

Answer 18

Familiar; having personal knowledge of.

Question 19

What does expunge mean?

Answer 19

Strike out; erase.

Question 20

What is a pilgrimage?

Answer 20

A journey or long quest for knowledge.

Question 21

What is a predicament?

Answer 21

An unpleasant situation.

Question 22

What does volition mean?

Answer 22

The act of making a conscious decision.

Question 23

What does wrathfully mean?

Answer 23

With great anger, hatred, or ill-will.

Question 24

What does acquit mean?

Answer 24

Declare someone innocent.

Question 25

What does corrupting mean?

Answer 25

Causing to be immoral or dishonest.

Question 26

What is detachment?

Answer 26

Lack of interest or involvement.

Question 27

What does indicted mean?

Answer 27

Formally charged with a crime.

Question 28

What is vengeance?

Answer 28

Punishment in return for a wrong.

Question 29

What is a verdict?

Answer 29

A decision made by a jury.

Question 30

What does appeal mean?

Answer 30

An earnest or urgent request.

Question 31

What does cynical mean?

Answer 31

Distrustful of human nature.

Question 32

What is diction?

Answer 32

Clarity when speaking; choice of words.

Question 33

What does fret mean?

Answer 33

To worry.

Question 34

What is a heathen?

Answer 34

Someone who deliberately insults religion, God, or a way of life.

Question 35

What are resentments?

Answer 35

Feelings of ill will toward someone.

Question 36

What is apprehension?

Answer 36

Hesitation.

Question 37

What does devout mean?

Answer 37

Devoted to divine worship or service.

Question 38

What is duress?

Answer 38

Constant threat; coercion.

Question 39

What is a hypocrite?

Answer 39

Someone who pretends to have beliefs that they do not possess.

Question 40

What is a varmint?

Answer 40

An undesirable animal, usually a scavenger.

Question 41

What is a veneer?

Answer 41

A thin surface layer.

Question 42

What is a contraption?

Answer 42

A mechanical gadget or device.

Question 43

What are eccentricities?

Answer 43

Oddities or peculiarities in conduct.

Question 44

What does furtive mean?

Answer 44

Secret or shifty; sneaky.

Question 45

What is notoriety?

Answer 45

The state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality.

Question 46

What is a recluse?

Answer 46

A person shut off or apart from the world; someone living in seclusion.

Question 47

What are subordinates?

Answer 47

Those who are lower in rank or of secondary importance.

Question 48

What does connived mean?

Answer 48

Cooperated in secret; conspired.

Question 49

What does contradict mean?

Answer 49

To assert the contrary or opposite of.

Question 50

What does eluded mean?

Answer 50

Avoided or escaped by cleverness or speed.

Question 51

What is a hearse?

Answer 51

A vehicle for transporting a dead person to the place of burial.

Question 52

What is a reprimand?

Answer 52

A severe reproof or rebuke.

Question 53

What is turmoil?

Answer 53

A state of great commotion or unrest.