Literary Genres Vocabulary Quiz #4

Tinctured

A medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol

Scruple

A feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality of the situation

Homely

Unattractive in appearance

Atrocity

An extremely cruel or wicked act

Vex

Make someone feel worried, upset, annoyed, or fustrated

Paltry

Small or meager

Phantasm

A figment of the imagination; an allusion or apparition

Docility

Ready to accept control or instruction, submissive

Disposition

A person’s inherent qualities of mind and character

Sagacious

Showing high mental discernment and good judgement, shrewd

Gossamer

A filmy substance consisting of cobwebs; used to refer to something thin, light

Solicit

Ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone

Omniscient

Knowing everything

Succinctly

In a brief and clearly expressed manner

Expound

To explain the meaning of

Baroques

Highly ornate and extravagant in style

Bravado

A bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate

Conspicuous

Standing out so as to be clearly visible

Contemptuously

In a scornful way that shows disdain

Pestilence 

A fatal epidemic disease 

Conflagration

An extensive fire that takes out large land or property

Bas Relief

A method of molding, carving, or stamping in which the design stands out

Loathing

A feeling of intense dislike or disgust; hatred

Odious

Extremely unpleasant, repulsive

Irrevocable

Unable to be changed, reversed; final

Docile

Ready to accept control or instruction; submissive

Malevolence

A state or condition of wishing evil upon others

Benevolence

A quality of being well meaning; kindness

Preservernece

Desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way

Unfathomable

Unable to fully understand

Exhult

Feel or show jubilation