Language Arts: Vocab Quiz

Penury (Synonyms: Want, Need)

extreme poverty

Waiflike (Synonyms: Skinny, Bony)

a young person who looks thin, unhealthy, and not cared for

Billeted (Synonyms: house, accommodate)

an order to lodge/house soldiers into someone’s house

Edict (synonyms: order, rule)

an official order that has been issued by someone in power

Apparatus (synonyms: machine, equipment)

The technical equipment or machinery that is needed to conduct a particular act/purpose

Delusion (synonyms: daydream, fallacy)

A false belief, judgement, or perception despite evidence against it

Treatise (synonyms: thesis, essay)

a formal, systematic, and detailed written work that examines a specific subject from multiple angles

rescinded (synonyms: rejection, cancel)

revoke, cancel, or repeal (typically a law, order, or agreement)

surreptitiously (synonyms: secretively, stealthily)

to do something without wanting/avoiding attention

conflagration (synonyms: blaze, fire)

A massive fire that destroys a great deal of land/property

partisans (synonyms: resistance, group)

Irregular, armed resistance groups that aided in the disruption of the Axis power

irrevocably (synonyms: irreversible, permanently)

in a way that cannot be changed, reversed or undone

hermetically (synonyms: airtight, seal)

a completely airtight seal that prevents gas from entering or leaving

pious (synonyms: devout, reverent)

Devoutly religious

tumult (synonyms: racket, uproar)

a loud, confused noise, typically made by a large crowd

Sanctify (synonyms: purify, bless)

to be holy and rid of sin

Harangued (synonyms: berate, attack)

lecture someone in an aggressive manner

prevailing (synonyms: common, current)

the dominant, common, or persisting atmosphere of attitude of that time

Convalescent (synonyms: recovering, recuperating)

A person recovering from an operation or illness

Wizened (synonyms: old, wrinkled)

shriveled or wrinkled due to age

Veritable (synonyms: true, authentic)

real, true, genuine

Incentives (synonyms, bribe, reason)

A thing that motivates one to do something

Lucidity (synonyms: awareness, ability to think)

clarity of thought, expression, or understanding, and the ability to perceive truth clearly