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vocabulary 4
mrs. krause
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| RECONNAISSANCE | survey to find enemy position |
| OMINOUSLY | threateningly; portending evil |
| ASTUTE | crafty; shrewd; cunning |
| PERFUNCTORY | mechanical; careless manner |
| UNPALATABLE | not agreeable |
| RUBICUND | ruddy; red-faced |
| ASSIGNATION | tryst; appointment to meet |
| OBSEQUIOUS | fawning servility; excessively attentive |
| IMPEDIMENTA | baggage |
| CONCILIATE | pacify; appease |
| NONPLUSSED | perplexed; deadlocked |
| FRAUGHT | laden with; full of |
| INTERLOCUTOR | one who takes part in communication |
| SUPERCILIOUSLY | proudly; indifferently; haughtily |
| ALACRITY | briskness |
| EMANATED | originated |
| VESTIGE | trace; mark |
| LACONICALLY | expressed in few words |
| CAVALIER | courtly gentleman |
| SURREPTITIOUSLY | secretly |