Vocabulary List 8

Question 1

Betrothed

Answer 1

(n) - person to whom one is engaged

Question 2

Blasphemy

Answer 2

(n) - an act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things

Question 3

Cadence

Answer 3

(n) - a modulation or inflection of the voice

Question 4

Canon

Answer 4

(n) - a general law or principle by which something is judged

Question 5

Denouement

Answer 5

(n) - final part of a play/movie/narrative, in which things are resolved

Question 6

Edict

Answer 6

(n) - an official order issued by an authoritative figure

Question 7

Enamor

Answer 7

(v) - be filled with a filling of love for

Question 8

Insensate

Answer 8

(adj.) - lacking physical sensation

Question 9

Renegade

Answer 9

(n) - a person who deserts and betrays something

Question 10

Soliloquy

Answer 10

(n) - an act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself

Question 11

Stricture

Answer 11

(n) - a restriction on a person or activity

Question 12

Triumvirate

Answer 12

(n) - (in ancient Rome) a group of three men holding power

Question 13

Usurp

Answer 13

(v) - take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force

Question 14

Vestment

Answer 14

(n) - a chasuble or other robe worn by clergy or choristers during services

Question 15

Votary

Answer 15

(n) - a person (like monk or nun) who has made vows of dedication to religious service