The Road, Vocabulary Part 1
LA 7/8
Auman
Quiz October 23
1. Glaucoma (noun): a disease of the eye in which pressure within the eyeball damages the
optic disc, impairing vision, sometimes progressing to blindness
2. Alabaster (noun): a finegrained usually white, opaque, or translucent variety of gypsumused for statues, vases, etc
[may be used as an adjective, also]
3. Congeal (verb): to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or
freezing; to make or become fixed, as ideas, sentiments, or principles:
4. Decant (verb): to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
5. Apparition (noun): a ghost or ghostlike image of a person.
6. Thespian: (noun) an actor or actress; (adjective) relating to the theater or drama
7. Cauterize (verb): burn the skin or flesh of (a wound) with a heated instrument or caustic
substance, typically to stop bleeding or prevent the wound from becoming infected.
8. Refract (verb): (of water, air, or glass) make (a ray of light) change direction when it enters at an
angle.
9. Maraud (verb): to wander or raid in search of plunder
10. Effigy (noun): a representation or image, especially sculptured, as on a monument;
a crude representation of someone disliked, used for purposes ofridicule.
11. Laved (verb): to wash; bathe. (of a river, sea, etc.) to flow along, against, or past; wash
12. Incandescence (noun): the emission of visible light by a body, caused by its high temperature
13. Escarpment (noun):
a long, precipitous, clifflike ridge of land, rock, or the like,commonly formed by faulting or
fracturing of the earth's crust.
14. Litany (noun):
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series ofinvocations or supplications
with responses that are the same for a number in succession; a prolonged or tedious account
15. Macadam (noun):
a road surface made of compressed layers of small broken stones, espone that is bound togeth
er with tar or asphalt