Vocab - Puritan Era

Question 1

expiation

Answer 1

the act of making amends, atonement

Question 2

pealing

Answer 2

ringling loudly

Question 3

reverbation

Answer 3

an echo

Question 4

magistrate

Answer 4

a civil officer or judge

Question 5

lattice

Answer 5

a structure consisting of strips

Question 6

clamor

Answer 6

a loud noise / screaming

Question 7

excursions

Answer 7

trips

Question 8

punctilious

Answer 8

showing great attention to correct behavior

Question 9

terraced

Answer 9

having a number of leveled areas

Question 10

labyrinth

Answer 10

a complicated network of passages

Question 11

conservatory

Answer 11

a greenhouse

Question 12

proprietor

Answer 12

owner of a business

Question 13

roadhouse

Answer 13

tavern, club or inn

Question 14

disconcerting

Answer 14

upsetting

Question 15

clan

Answer 15

a group of close knit families

Question 16

threadbare

Answer 16

cloth that is thin and tattered

Question 17

enchanted

Answer 17

charmed

Question 18

Insignia

Answer 18

a badge of military rank

Question 19

veranda

Answer 19

a roofed platform outside of a house

Question 20

malevolent

Answer 20

showing a wish to do evil

Question 21

stealthy

Answer 21

done in secret, in a quiet and cautious way as to not be seen or heard

Question 22

morbid

Answer 22

appealing to an unhealthy interest in unpleasant subjects / expressing strong interest in doing unhealthy things, unhealthy and frightening mindset

Question 23

mutilated

Answer 23

disfigured / damaged

Question 24

predilection

Answer 24

a preference

Question 25

stumphole

Answer 25

coming from the inside of a tree / hole remained after a tree is removed

Question 26

flivver

Answer 26

a cheap car

Question 27

beadle

Answer 27

officer in school or church

Question 28

disorderly

Answer 28

unruly

Question 29

scold

Answer 29

a woman who disturbs the peace by noisy behavior