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AWiT Vocab. 8-9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| uncontrolled extreme emotion | hysterical |
| tie or hold the legs or arms of someone | pinion |
| the very early stages in the development of something | primitive |
| gloomy and solemn | somber |
| giving greater knowledge or understanding | enlightened |
| to utterly destroy or defeat | annihilate |
| giving the impression that something bad is going to happen | ominous |
| to give out; to originate from; to be produced by | emanate |
| the tendency to arrive pleasure from inflicting pain | sadist |
| to depart from the usual or accepted standard | deviate |
| allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen; having thoughts, feelings, or motives that are easily perceived or hostile | transparent |
| unexpectedly experience or be faced with (something difficult or hostile) | encountering |
| to make a series of low, feeble sounds expressive of fear, pain, or discontent | whimpering |
| giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen | sinister |
| relating to or denoting beings supposedly from other worlds; extraterrestrial | alien |
| impossible to stop or prevent impenetrable | inexorable |
| impossible to pass through or enter | impenetrable |
| clear and definite; real | tangible |
| the complete loss or absence of hope | despair |
| the quality of having unlimited or very great power | omnipotent |