War of the Worlds Vocabulary Challenge

Question 1

lacking any obvious principle of organization

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Haphazard

Question 2

bold and without shame

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Brazen

Question 3

make a continuous low humming sound

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Drone

Question 4

intense disgust

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Repugnance

Question 5

showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense

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Vehement

Question 6

keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive

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Skulk

Question 7

keep (someone) in subservience and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority

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Oppress

Question 8

(of a person) be filled with intense but unexpressed anger

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Seethe

Question 9

(in drawing, painting, and engraving) mark (a surface) with numerous small dots or specks

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Stippled

Question 10

a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people

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Tumult

Question 11

move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion

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Undulate

Question 12

a ghost or ghostlike image of a person

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Apparition

Question 13

speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way

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Scoff

Question 14

an outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality

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Facade

Question 15

an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property

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Conflagration

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