Vocabulary Power Plus Book G

appall means to

• amend

• assail

• shock

• claw

ruthless means

• merciless

• empty

• approachable

• selfish

means

• visible

• serene

• modern

• willful

skirmish means

• defect

• judgment

• battle

• precipice

means

• of inferior size

• able to make or detect effects of great subtlety

• marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose

• disdainfully or ironically humorous

On came the profane and ribald crew faster than ever, already exulting in her capture, and threatening punishment for her flight. In this sentence, profane means

• grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred

• having or marked by high spirits and enthusiasm

• characterized by confusion and disorder

• suffering from a severe form of mental disturbance

Peninsula means

• pitching dangerously to one side

• opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas

• the act of submitting

• a large mass of land projecting into a body of water

hypothetical means

• a conjectural possibility or circumstance

• problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

• a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act

• the ultimate goal for which something is done

He stood for a moment, and then, putting forward his forefoot, staved in the side of the frail shelter and brought down the house.

Source: The Heart of Denise and Other Tales

In this sentence, frail means

• insubstantial

• indecorous

• outrageous

• offensive

With few words, Jill clearly made her point, leaving no one with doubt and uncertainty.

From this sentence, we can infer that Jill is

• sullen

• skeptical

• blasé

• articulate

• jubilant