Vocabulary Quiz: 'The Interlopers'

Refinement

• The process of removing impurities from a substance.

Clerk

• An official in charge of keeping records in a local council or court.

Suppleness

• The ability to bend and move easily and gracefully. It is synonymous with flexibility.

Inscrutable

• Impossible to understand or interpret.

Incessantly

• Without interruption; continuously.

Gallantries

• Polite attention or respect shown publicly, particularly by men towards women.

Usurers

• A person who lends money at unreasonably high interest rates.

Resplendent

• Attractive and impressive because of rich colors and opulence.

Homage

• Publicly showing special honor or respect.

The Interlopers

Interloper

• One who intrudes in a place, situation, or activity.

Precipitous

• Steep and abrupt.

Marauders

• Individuals who raid and loot.

Pinioned

• Restrained or immobilized.

Condolences

• An expression of sympathy.

Langour

• A lack of feeling or energy.

Reconciliation

• The resolution of a state of hostility.

Pestilential

• Likely to spread and cause disease.

God Sees The Truth But Waits

Riotous

• Marked by or involving public disorder.

Spree

• A lively frolic or outing.

Petition

• A formally drawn request.

Condemned

• Dejected in spirit

Downcast

• to pronounce to be guilty

Flogged

• To beat with a whip, stick, etc., as a punishment.

Fortnight

• Two weeks.

The Last Leaf

Traversing

• Traveling across.

Congenial

• Having the same tastes; compatible.

Monocle

• An eyeglass for one eye.

Wielded

• Employed, manipulated.

Derision

• Ridicule, mockery.

Palette

• A hand-held board on which an artist mixes paints.

Scarcely

• Only just; almost not.

The Knights of The Silver Shield

Turrets

• Small towers extending upwards from the corners of buildings.

Moat

• A water-filled ditch surrounding a castle.

Solicited

• To seek something.

Entice

• To lead on by exciting hope or desire

Precedent

• Any act, decision, or case that serves as a guide for subsequent situations.

Subsequent

• Occurring or coming after.

Injunction

• A command or order.

Laudable

• Deserving praise.

Marquis

• A nobleman ranking below a duke and above a count.

Annexed

• To attach, append, or add, especially to something larger.

Perilous

• Full of grave risk.

Pernicious

• Ruinous, injurious, hurtful.

Prevailing

• Predominant.

Stratagems

• A plan, scheme, or trick for surprising an enemy.

A Day's Wait

Epidemic

• A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

Evidently

• Plainly or obviously.

Poised

• Having a composed and self-assured manner.

Covey

• A small group or flock of birds, especially partridges.

Slack

• Not taut or held tightly in position; loose.

The Fight with the Windmills

Solicited

• To seek something.

Entice

• To lead on by exciting hope or desire.

Precedent

• Any act, decision, or case that serves as a guide for subsequent situations.

Injunct

• To issue a legal injunction against (a person).

Laudable

• Deserving praise.

Marquis

• A nobleman ranking below a duke and above an earl.

Annexed

• To attach, append, or add, especially to something larger.

Perilous

• Full of grave risk.

Pernicious

• Ruinous, injurious, hurtful.

Prevailing

• Predominant.

Stratagems

• A plan, scheme, or trick for surprising an enemy.