Unit 1: Echoes from the Past — Vocabulary

Question 1

Adze Definition

Answer 1

a cutting tool with an arched blade set at right angles to a handle

Question 2

Ambrosia Definition

Answer 2

food for the gods

Question 3

Brace Definition

Answer 3

pair

Question 4

Breach Definition

Answer 4

opening

Question 5

Divers Definition

Answer 5

diverse; various

Question 6

Fold Definition

Answer 6

sheepfold (sheep pen); hill

Question 7

Formidable Definition

Answer 7

tending to inspire awe or wonder

Question 8

Guile Definition

Answer 8

skill in strategy and outwitting an opponent

Question 9

Hale Definition

Answer 9

sound; free from defect

Question 10

Hewed Definition

Answer 10

cut

Question 11

Mustered Definition

Answer 11

gathered

Question 12

Prodigious Definition

Answer 12

enormous; monstrous

Question 13

Profusion Definition

Answer 13

great quantity

Question 14

Sage Definition

Answer 14

wise

Question 15

Stoke Definition

Answer 15

supply with fuel

Question 16

Victuals Definition

Answer 16

food

Question 17

Whey Definition

Answer 17

the watery part of milk that is separated from the curds in the process of making cheese

Question 18

Ardor Definition

Answer 18

passion

Question 19

Beguiling Definition

Answer 19

charmingly deceiving

Question 20

Chided Definition

Answer 20

gently scolded

Question 21

Combers Definition

Answer 21

long curling waves of the sea

Question 22

Contender Definition

Answer 22

competitor

Question 23

Disconsolate Definition

Answer 23

dejected; in low spirits

Question 24

Doting Definition

Answer 24

excessively fond

Question 25

Dwindled Away Definition

Answer 25

became steadily less

Question 26

Enticing Definition

Answer 26

luring; seducing

Question 27

Flayed Definition

Answer 27

stripped off

Question 28

Foreboding Definition

Answer 28

sense of coming evil

Question 29

Founder Definition

Answer 29

sink

Question 30

Lolling Definition

Answer 30

idly lounging

Question 31

Regaled Definition

Answer 31

entertained grandly

Question 32

Scudding Definition

Answer 32

moving swiftly

Question 33

Snare Definition

Answer 33

trap

Question 34

Stealth Definition

Answer 34

being secretive or hidden

Question 35

Succumbed Definition

Answer 35

given in; surrender

Question 36

Supplication Definition

Answer 36

earnest and humble request

Question 37

Tempered Definition

Answer 37

hardened and strengthened

Question 38

Tumult Definition

Answer 38

confusion; agitation

Question 39

Vile Definition

Answer 39

evil

Question 40

Brazen Definition

Answer 40

made of brass

Question 41

Commandeered Definition

Answer 41

took by force

Question 42

Contemptible Definition

Answer 42

not worthy of respect, despised

Question 43

Contending Definition

Answer 43

competing; vying in a contest

Question 44

Desolation Definition

Answer 44

loneliness

Question 45

Dithering Definition

Answer 45

acting nervously or indecisively

Question 46

Frenzy Definition

Answer 46

agitation

Question 47

Gall Definition

Answer 47

a combination of boldness and attitude; nerve

Question 48

Goad Definition

Answer 48

something that urges or prods

Question 49

Heft Definition

Answer 49

heaviness

Question 50

Helm Definition

Answer 50

helmet

Question 51

Interposed Definition

Answer 51

put a remark into a conversation

Question 52

Justification Definition

Answer 52

reason or excuse

Question 53

Lavish Definition

Answer 53

gave generously

Question 54

Pliant Definition

Answer 54

flexible; yielding

Question 55

Plundered Definition

Answer 55

taken wealth or possessions from wrongfully

Question 56

Rave Definition

Answer 56

speak irrationally

Question 57

Revelry Definition

Answer 57

merrymaking

Question 58

Runnels Definition

Answer 58

streams

Question 59

Smote Definition

Answer 59

struck

Question 60

Thongs Definition

Answer 60

strips of leather or hide

Question 61

Tremulous Definition

Answer 61

shaky

Question 62

Wiliest Definition

Answer 62

cleverest

Question 63

Compulsion Definition

Answer 63

uncontrollable impulse or drive

Question 64

Edifying Definition

Answer 64

morally instructive; enlightening

Question 65

Eminent Definition

Answer 65

important; well-known and respected

Question 66

Factoid Definition

Answer 66

trivial facts or questionable statements that have the appearance of fact

Question 67

Foster Definition

Answer 67

promote; help grow

Question 68

Fraudulent Definition

Answer 68

untrue

Question 69

Matron Definition

Answer 69

older married woman with children

Question 70

Pacify Definition

Answer 70

calm

Question 71

Plausible Definition

Answer 71

believable

Question 72

Preposterous Definition

Answer 72

absurd; ridiculous

Question 73

Proficient Definition

Answer 73

accomplished; competent

Question 74

Scandalous Definition

Answer 74

shameful

Question 75

Seer Definition

Answer 75

someone who can see the future

Question 76

Unscrupulous Definition

Answer 76

the quality of being without integrity or honesty

Question 77

Vagabond Definition

Answer 77

person who wanders aimlessly from place to place

Question 78

Wizened Definition

Answer 78

shriveled; wrinkled

Question 79

Auspicious Definition

Answer 79

favorable

Question 80

Distraught Definition

Answer 80

agitated with pain

Question 81

Bereft Definition

Answer 81

bereaved; deprived of a loved one

Question 82

Shades Definition

Answer 82

spirits

Question 83

Tortuous Definition

Answer 83

marked by repeated twists and turns; winding

Question 84

Broached Definition

Answer 84

broke into or opened up