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AQOTWF and Hiroshima
Test over AQOTWF and Hiroshima vocabulary -Ms. McKinney
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| To destroy | Obliterate |
| Trite, devoid of originality | Banal |
| To benumb or paralyze | Petrified |
| Undiplomatic, thoughtless | Tactless |
| The entire range or scale | Gamut |
| Greedy, ravenous | Voracity |
| Displeased, discontented | Disgruntled |
| The least valuable part | Dregs |
| A heavy barrier of military fire | Barrage |
| A gradual return to health after illness | Convalescent |
| A partial excuse | Extenuation |
| A line | Queue |
| To engage in minor battle | Skirmishing |
| Enjoyment | Gusto |
| Death or decay of body tissue | Gangrene |
| A moveable article of personal property | Chattel |
| Severe diarrhea caused by unsanitary conditions | Dysentery |
| Acing in a stealthy or secretive way | Surreptitiously |
| Unreal, illusory, foolish | Fatuous |
| Deviation for what is right or normal | Aberration |
| Confusion, embarrassment | Discomfiture |
| Fortification | Parapet |
| Gloomy state of mind, depression | Melancholy |
| The diameter of a barrel of a gun | Caliber |
| A stroke | Apoplexy |
| Memories, the act of recalling past events | Reminiscences |
| The state of decay | Putrefaction |
| A fainting spell | SwoonSwoon |
| A deep immeasurable space | Abyss |
| To turn aside | Avert |
| In a state of foul decay or decomposition | Putrid |
| Make incapable or unfit; disable | Incapacitated |
| A noxious (poisonous) atmosphere or influence | Miasma |
| A jagged wound or cut | Lacerations |
| The oxygen carrying pigment of red blood cells | Hemoglobin |
| Not interested or concerned; unresponsive | Apathetic |
| Anxious or concerned; eager | Solicitous |
| Tormented, tortured | Anguished |
| A pile of burnable materials | Pyre |
| To produce or discharge pus | Suppurated |
| The act of cleaving or splitting into parts | Fission |
| To command; request | Adjure |
| Gruesome, horrifying | Macabre |
| The end | Terminus |
| The transfer of heat by circulation or movement of the heated parts of a liquid or gas | Convection |
| Listless, weak; lacking power | Anemic |
| To teach persistently and earnestly | Inculcate |
| A destructive fire; inferno | Conflagration |
| Something that is impressive or extraordinary | Phenomena |
| Great distruction or devastation; ruinous damage | Havoc |
| Devoted to the persuit of pleasure and self-gratification | Hedonistic |
| Feeling nausea | Queasy |
| Harmful, injurious | Deletrious |
| Distasteful. objectionable, offensive | Repugnant |