Question | Answer |
affirm | to declare positively |
babble | to utter a meaningless confusion of words or sounds |
boulevard | a broad city street, often tree-lined and landscaped |
centrifuge | a machine that spins to separate liquids, especially blood |
confetti | small pieces of colored paper for parties |
convolution | a form or part that is folded or coiled |
degenerate | in a worse or lower condition |
dentifrice | a substance to clean the teeth; toothpaste |
drone | an idle person who moves off of others; mindless worker |
figment | something invented, made up, or fabricated |
gingerly | carefully or timidly |
hearth | the floor of a fireplace |
iambic | referring to a unit of rhythm that has one unstressed syllable, and then a stressed syllable |
leviathan | something unusually large of its kind; often a sea monster |
loom | a wooden frame for making fabric |
luminous | emitting light |
mallet | a short-handled hammer with a wooden head used to drive a chisel |
medley | a mixture or jumbled assortment |
melancholy | sad or persistently gloomy |
minstrel show | a comic variety where white performers dressed in black-face performing African American songs |
oblivion | total forgetfulness or mind-blank |
parlor | a small sitting room for socializing |
repose | a state of being at rest |
salamander | a small lizard |
serenity | a state of being unaffected, calm or peaceful |
simmer | to be cooked gently or just below boiling point |
tarnish | to dull the luster or shine of by exposing to air or something else; usually refers to metal or personality |
tenant | someone who pays rent for land or property |
umbrageous | providing shade; taking offence easily |
venerable | commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, or position |
tatters | torn and hanging pieces of cloth; shreds |
thence | from that place; from there |
anvil | smooth-topped iron block used for shaping metal |
barge | a large flat-bottomed freight boat; rushing in |
cavalcade | a small group of people on horseback |
churl | a rude medieval English peasant, stingy |
desolate | devoid of inhabitants, deserted |
glimmer | a dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; a trace |
grail | anything touched by Christ at the Last Supper |
hart | a deer that is hunted |
hermit | one who isolates himself from society and lives alone |
joust | to fight, but not to the death |
nun | a woman who lives in a religious community |
ominous | foretelling evil or harm |
palfrey | a saddle horse, usually for a woman to ride, smaller |
perchance | perhaps, possibly |
recluse | a person who lives in solitude |
rive | to tear apart or break into pieces |
scullery | a small room, connected to a kitchen, where kitchen chores are done |
scurvy | a disease caused by a deficiency of Vitamin C, causing gum disease |
seneschal | a household manager or steward |
siege | a land blockade |
smite | to strike a heavy blow using a hand or tool |
squire | a man who escorts a woman, an apprentice knight |
steed | a spirited horse or stallion, used by a knight; a warhorse |
tarn | a small lake in the mountains |
tor | rocky peak or hill |
valiant | possessing valor; brave |
yonder | in or at that indicated place; over there |