Vocabulary - The Eleventh Plague - Part 2

Question 1

Lashed

Answer 1

fasten securely with a cord or rope

Question 2

Awning

Answer 2

a rooflike cover extending over or in front of a place (as over the deck or in front of a door or window) as a shelter

Question 3

Asphalt

Answer 3

a black substance that is used for making roads

Question 4

Tombs

Answer 4

a building or chamber above or below the ground in which a dead body is kept

Question 5

Intimidate

Answer 5

to make (someone) afraid

Question 6

Lumbered

Answer 6

to walk clumsily or awkwardly

Question 7

Hilt

Answer 7

the handle of a sword or dagger

Question 8

Canopy

Answer 8

the highest layer of branches in a forest or on a tree

Question 9

Vertigo

Answer 9

a feeling of dizziness caused especially by being in a very high place

Question 10

Torrent

Answer 10

a large amount of something that is released suddenly

Question 11

Vacant

Answer 11

showing no indication of what someone is thinking, feeling, etc.

Question 12

Corporal

Answer 12

of or relating to the body

Question 13

Stern

Answer 13

very serious especially in an unfriendly way

Question 14

Valid

Answer 14

fair or reasonable

Question 15

Painstaking

Answer 15

taking or showing great care

Question 16

Broad

Answer 16

large from one side to the other side

Question 17

Quarry

Answer 17

an open excavation usually for obtaining building stone, slate or limestone

Question 18

Dopey

Answer 18

foolish or stupid

Question 19

Mock

Answer 19

not real

Question 20

Ambushes

Answer 20

a hidden place from which a surprise attack can be made

Question 21

Oblivion

Answer 21

the state of being destroyed

Question 22

Petty

Answer 22

not very important or significant

Question 23

Acknowledge

Answer 23

to take notice of

Question 24

Vagrants

Answer 24

a person who has no place to live and no job and who asks people for money

Question 25

Deadfall

Answer 25

a tangled mass of fallen trees and branches

Question 26

Gangrene

Answer 26

the decay of flesh that occurs in a part of the body that no longer has blood flowing to it

Question 27

Nemesis

Answer 27

an opponent or enemy that is very difficult to defeat

Question 28

Bulk

Answer 28

most of something : the largest part of something

Question 29

Calloused

Answer 29

being hardened and thickened

Question 30

Prissy

Answer 30

having or showing the annoying attitude of people who care too much about dressing and behaving properly and who are easily upset by other people’s behavior, language, etc.

Question 31

Aneurysm

Answer 31

an abnormal blood-filled bulge of a blood vessel and especially an artery resulting from weakening (as from disease) of the vessel wall

Question 32

Disheveled

Answer 32

not neat or tidy

Question 33

Profane

Answer 33

showing disrespect for God or holy things

Question 34

Haggard

Answer 34

looking very thin and tired especially from great hunger, worry, or pain

Question 35

Jumble

Answer 35

a mass of things mingled together without order or plan

Question 36

Bedroll

Answer 36

bedding materials that are rolled together so that they can be carried from one place to another

Question 37

Vast

Answer 37

very great in size, amount, or extent

Question 38

Sustain

Answer 38

to provide what is needed for (something or someone) to exist, continue, etc.

Question 39

Slack

Answer 39

not stretched or held in a tight position

Question 40

Yawning

Answer 40

very large or wide open