English 10H - Tale Quiz #1 Vocab Practice

Book the First Chapter 1

  1. epoch–a period of time

  2. incredulity–skepticism

  3. concede–acknowledge as true, just, or proper

  4. potentate–ruler

  5. pilferer–thief

Book the First Chapter 2

  1. capitulate–surrender

  2. forlornness–misery

  3. adjuration–earnest request

Book the First Chapter 3

  1. inexorable–unalterable, unmovable

  2. evincing–making evident

  3. spectre–ghost, spirit

Book the First Chapter 4

  1. piscatory–related to fishing

  2. stolid–unemotional

  3. mused–became absorbed in thought

  4. tidings–messages, greetings

  5. supplicatory–using a begging, petitioning approach

Book the First Chapter 5

  1. offal–waste

  2. vestige–a trace 

  3. lees–sediment

  4. billets–chunks of wood

  5. expostulation–earnest reasoning with someone

  6. implacable–not capable of being appeased

  7. chinks–cracks

Book the First Chapter 6

  1. garret–attic

  2. sagacity–wisdom 

Book the Second Chapter 1

  1. gaiters–shoes

  2. choused–swindled, cheated 

  3. convivial–festive

  4. cogitated–thought, pondered

Book the Second Chapter 2

  1. dogged–stubbornly determined

  2. deference–courteous, respectful regard

  3. aphorism–a short saying encompassing a general truth