Vocabulary 1
Slightly ill 100
What is indisposed?
Without any reduction in intensity or strength 100
What is unabated?
Lacking order, connection, or harmony; unable to think or speak clearly or consecutively 100
What is incoherent?
Which character trait best describes the narrator? (sincere, nosey, thoughtful) 100
What is nosey?
To whom was the oblong box addressed? 100
What is Mr. Wyatt's mother?
Keenness of mind 200
What is acumen?
Oblique remark or hint, typically a disparaging one 200
What is innuendoes?
Violent windy, storm 200
What is tempest?
Whom does the following passage describe: "He had the ordinary temperament of genius, and was a compound of misanthropy, sensibility, and enthusiasm?" 200
What is Mr. Wyatt?
Which event happens first in the story? (Mr. Wyatt ties the three-inch rope around himself and the oblong box, The narrator meets Mrs. Wyatt and decides she is plain-looking, Mrs. Wyatt socializes with the women and flirts with the men on the ship, Mr. Wyatt laughs hysterically and falls heavily upon the deck) 200
What is the narrator meets Mrs. Wyatt and decides she is plain-looking?
The state of someone who hates mankind? 300
What is misanthropy?
Having a sullen disposition; marked by gloom 300
What is morose?
Personality; a characteristic way of thinking, reacting, or behaving. 300
What is temperament?
Use context clues to determine the meaning of the phrase "to steal a march upon me" in the following passage: "It was the first time I had ever known Wyatt to keep from me any of his artistical secrets; but here he evidently intended to steal a march upon me, and smuggle a fine picture to New York, under my very nose; expecting me to know nothing of the matter." 300
What is to sneak something past me?
What event happens last in the story? (Mr. Wyatt ties the three-inch rope around himself and the oblong box, The narrator meets Mrs. Wyatt and decides she is plain-looking, Mrs. Wyatt socializes with the women and flirts with the men on the ship, Mr. Wyatt laughs hysterically and falls heavily upon the deck) 300
What is Mr. Wyatt ties the three-inch rope around himself and the oblong box?
Something of little value or importance. 400
What is trifles?
The state of persisting in any purpose or idea; to strive in spite of difficulties or obstacles 400
What is perseverance?
Unable to be heard 400
What is inaudible?
What can you infer happens in Mr. Wyatt's room late at night? 400
What is Mr. Wyatt weeps over his dead wife's body?
Which event happens second in the story? (Mr. Wyatt ties the three-inch rope around himself and the oblong box, The narrator meets Mrs. Wyatt and decides she is plain-looking, Mrs. Wyatt socializes with the women and flirts with the men on the ship, Mr. Wyatt laughs hysterically and falls heavily upon the deck) 400
What is Mrs. Wyatt socializes with the women and flirts with the men on the ship?
Not easily understood 500
What is equivocal?
Very particular 500
What is fastidious?
Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree 500
What is prodigious?
What does Mr. Wyatt implore Captain Hardy to do? 500
What is return to the sinking ship to retrieve the oblong box?
Which event happens third in the story? (Mr. Wyatt ties the three-inch rope around himself and the oblong box, The narrator meets Mrs. Wyatt and decides she is plain-looking, Mrs. Wyatt socializes with the women and flirts with the men on the ship, Mr. Wyatt laughs hysterically and falls heavily upon the deck) 500
What is Mr. Wyatt laughs hysterically and falls heavily upon the deck?