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ADH & TFA
Quiz for Mrs. Mckinney for A Dolls House and Things Fall Apart
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cheadting, dishonest | Fraudulent |
| Stubborn | Abstinent |
| Extremely painful | Excruciating |
| A rapid, whirling Italian dance | Tarantella |
| Payment of a debt in a series of installments | Amortization |
| Fixed, steady, stability | Steadfastness |
| Lack of seriousness or sense | Frivolous |
| Calm, serene, unruffled | Unperturbed |
| Fallen below moral level; deteriorated, degraded | Degenerate |
| To blame or censure | Reproach |
| Seriousness or importance | Gravity |
| To hazard or risk | Jeopardize |
| To spend wastefully | Squandering |
| Pleasant, good-natured | Amiable |
| To win over, placate, or appease | Conciliate |
| In the first place | Foremost |
| A sudden desire | Whim |
| Easy, sprightly, in a stylish manner | Jauntily |
| Foul, repulsive | Squalid |
| Showing disbelief, skeptical | Incredulously |
| Doubtful, unsure, undecided | Irresolute |
| To ward off or prevent | Stave |
| A person who renounces personal integrity for profit | Hack |
| To drain, to wear out, and to use up | Exhaust |
| Of little or no importance | Petty |
| To discourage, turn aside, prevent | Deter |
| To become apparent | Incipient |
| To shake or wave an object in a menacing way | Brandish |
| A twisting threadlike structure by which plants gather support | Tendril |
| Something that is viewed with horror or intensely hated | Abomination |
| Forerunner, one sent ahead of a group | Harbinger |
| Talkative | Voluble |
| A place of uproar | Pandemonium |
| To criticize sharply or reprimand | Rebuke |
| Intended for or understood by an elite group | Esoteric |
| A long discussion between persons of different cultures | Palaver |
| To pretend, to create a false appearance | Feign |
| To persist in spite of opposition | Persevere |
| Depraved or villainous | Miscreant |
| An object that holds magical powers | Fetish |
| Lacking adult sophistication, naïve | Callow |
| Something that issues from a source | Emanation |
| Useful or suitable for a particular purpose | Expedient |
| To tremble | Quaver |
| Done with dexterity and skill | Deftly |
| Eerie, mysterious, or weird | Uncanny |
| To exclude from a group by common consent | Ostracize |
| To grind or strike one’s teeth together | Gnash |
| An act of mourning or sorrow | Lamentation |
| A person who suffers the death of a loved one | Bereaved |