TKM vocab quiz 1

Question 1

fanatical

Answer 1

(adj.) marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea

Question 2

gallantly

Answer 2

(adv) in a gallant, brave, heroic manner

Question 3

reassure

Answer 3

(v) to give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain

Question 4

assure

Answer 4

(v) inform positively and with certainty and confidence

Question 5

shambles

Answer 5

(n) a condition of great disorder

Question 6

unfathomable

Answer 6

(adj) impossible to come to understand

Question 7

absorb

Answer 7

(v) take in, also metaphorically

Question 8

delete

Answer 8

(v) cut or eliminate

Question 9

miniature

Answer 9

(adj) being on a very small scale

Question 10

crude

Answer 10

(adj) not carefully or expertly made

Question 11

acquainted

Answer 11

(v) having fair knowledge of

Question 12

yield

Answer 12

(v) to give or supply

Question 13

caricature

Answer 13

(N) a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect

Question 14

devour

Answer 14

(t v) destroy completely

Question 15

seldom

Answer 15

(adj) or (adv) not often

Question 16

stark

Answer 16

(adj) complete or extreme

Question 17

yonder

Answer 17

(n) distant but within sight (yon is dialect)

Question 18

verge

Answer 18

(n) the limit beyond which something happens or changes

Question 19

disregard

Answer 19

(n) lack of attention and due care

Question 20

quell

Answer 20

(v) suppress or crush completely