1. Amiable: Adj. Having Or Showing Pleasant, Good-Natured Personal Qualities

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1. Amiable: Adj. Having Or Showing Pleasant, Good-Natured Personal Qualities

1. amiable: adj. having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities

2. bereft: adj. deprived

3. distortion: noun a false or disproportionate meaning; a misrepresentation

4. ensnare: verb to capture in

5. ingénue: noun the part of an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman, especially as represented on the stage; an actress who plays such a part or specializes in playing such parts.

6. insolent: adj. boldly rude or disrespectful

7. guardian: noun a person who guards or protects

8. labyrinth: noun an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit.

9. lair: noun a secluded or hidden place, especially a secret retreat or base of operations; a hideout or hideaway

10. puerile: adj. childishly foolish; immature or trivial

11. purge: verb to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.

12. prodigy: noun a person, especially a child or young person, having extraordinary talent or ability

13. queue: noun a file or line, especially of people waiting their turn

14. parchment: noun the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared for use as a material on which to write

15. prima donna: noun a first or principal female singer of an opera company.

16. spectre: noun a ghost; phantom; apparition

17. torment: verb to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain; to worry or annoy excessively; to throw into commotion; stir up; disturb.

18. suitor: noun a man who courts or woos a woman.

19. reign: noun dominating power or influence

20. triumphant: adj. having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful

Your quiz will be on Friday, October 21st. Make sure you can use each of the previous terms correctly in a fill-in-the-blank sentence. There WILL BE a word box. There will be a Bonus Opportunity on the quiz. The quiz will be worth 40 points.

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