The+Chocolate+War

Vocabulary Words//(The Chocolate War)//
=Vocabulary Quiz=


 * 1) engulfed - To take over or be overpowered by.
 * 2) cunning- showing skillfulness.
 * 3) blustering - Loud and noisy
 * 4) malice- desire to inflict injury.
 * 5) contemptuous- showing contempt; scornful.
 * 6) henpecked- to continually criticize and give orders to.
 * 7) withering- attempting to over whelm
 * 8) bestowed- to give or put in use.
 * 9) inscrutable- not easily understood.
 * 10) siphoning- passed through a siphon.
 * 11) awe- an overwhelming feeling of fear.
 * 12) tumultuous- loud and disorderly.
 * 13) annihilating- to destroy completely.
 * 14) furtively- secret.
 * 15) concocting- to make up
 * 16) ricochet- motion of an object.
 * 17) recoil- to spring back or recover.
 * 18) pretense- a false display of feelings.
 * 19) reigned-to rule; very powerful person.
 * 20) futile-incapable of producing a useful result
 * 21) "Buck the system"- disrupt the order of things.
 * 22) subtle- difficult to understand.
 * 23) audacity- willingness.
 * 24) enticingly-led on by hope or desire.
 * 25) rendered- to do or preform
 * 26) ventriloquist- a puppet speaker.
 * 27) slackened- don't care
 * 28) vogue- temporary fashion.
 * 29) stalemate- position when you can't move; stuck
 * 30) scapegoat- person who blames others.
 * 31) demureness- very shy.
 * 32) meticulous- to take in extreme care.
 * 33) droned- to make dull.
 * 34) ravenous- very hunger.
 * 35) patsies- a person who is a joke.
 * 36) apathy- lack of interest.
 * 37) exultancy- to be happy for victory.
 * 38) bellowed- to moan loudly.
 * 39) sabotaging- any undermining of a case.
 * 40) adversary- opponent.
 * 41) Gulliver- Creature from Gullivers travels
 * 42) comply- to obey with ones orders.
 * 43) litany- a ceremonial prayer.
 * 44) solicit- to make a request for something
 * 45) "hook,line and sinker"- something easily tricked.
 * 46) cajoling- to comfort.
 * 47) smugly- show of pride in yourself.