Vocabulary from ishmael

Question 1

ratiocination

Answer 1

thought processes

Question 2

searing

Answer 2

extremely hot or intense

Question 3

rudimentary

Answer 3

undeveloped, basic form

Question 4

severed

Answer 4

been cut or sliced off

Question 5

menagerie

Answer 5

place where animals are kept and trained; collection of wild animals

Question 6

marshal

Answer 6

to gather together

Question 7

acquisition

Answer 7

learning of a skill/habit

Question 8

incessant

Answer 8

never stopping, going on all the time

Question 9

epitomized

Answer 9

be a perfect example of

Question 10

inkling

Answer 10

a hint

Question 11

plausible

Answer 11

reasonable; believable

Question 12

inborn

Answer 12

existing from birth

Question 13

placidly

Answer 13

calmly; peacefully

Question 14

stoically

Answer 14

without showing emotion or feeling

Question 15

delusion

Answer 15

false belief

Question 16

fugue

Answer 16

state of loss of one’s identity

Question 17

gazebo

Answer 17

outdoor structure with a roof and open sides

Question 18

mirth

Answer 18

amusement, especially as expressed in laughter

Question 19

oblivion

Answer 19

state of being forgotten

Question 20

unwitting

Answer 20

knowing of the full facts

Question 21

belvedere

Answer 21

a structure designed to command a view

Question 22

uncanny

Answer 22

strange in unsettling way

Question 23

apperception

Answer 23

concious perception with full awareness

Question 24

lurid

Answer 24

causing shock or horror

Question 25

quixotic

Answer 25

exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical

Question 26

defiance

Answer 26

open resistance; bold disobedience

Question 27

dint

Answer 27

by force of; because of

Question 28

surmount

Answer 28

to overcome

Question 29

jocular

Answer 29

characterized by joking

Question 30

recrimination

Answer 30

accusation in response to one from someone else

Question 31

menace

Answer 31

person or thing that's likely to cause harm; a threat or danger

Question 32

averse

Answer 32

having strong dislike of or opposition to something