Vocab Quiz on Short Stories

A plant/herb that is used for medical instances mostly in china and eastern asia.

Feeling humiliated or embarrassed from distress

Being confident in yourself, mostly in a situation that demands it.

Something that behaves with elegance and grace.

Being intoxicated to the point where it makes one act very energetic and loud

To have an obstacle

Accepting or doing something that is not preferred, but one has no choice but to do it.

Capable of remaining in good shape; can handle rough or difficult circumstances

A larger than normal amount of cost or weight

An individual involved in a lawsuit

Making a big show about how you are better or morally superior to other people.

Not showing proper concern or dismissive

Mysterious and hard to understand, vague

Being respected or looked up to.

Unshakeable, Unmovable, especially in a position or opinion.

Defiant to Authority, not responsible to treatment

A valued good

Describing someone or something affected by mania or craziness.

Wind or air blowing through an object causing it to be filled with air.

Refusing to change opinions on a topic.

Resembling features of Apartheid. Practice of segregation (in this context, racial segregation)

Gloomy, Dull, or Somber

Marked by lack of plan, order, or direction.

Done, made, or acquired by stealth.

A system of visual signaling by two flags held one in each hand

Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing.