TKAM Ch 1 Vocabulary & Practice

TKAM Ch 1 Vocabulary

apothecary

Noun: One who prepares and sells prescription drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes. Unlike a modern pharmacy, an apothecary can mix multiple medications together as requested by a physician.

(Merriam Webster & Healthworks Collective.com)

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assuage

Verb: make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense. -or- satisfy (an appetite or desire).

Example: "The letter assuaged the fears of most members"

"an opportunity occurred to assuage her desire for knowledge"

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dictum

noun:a short statement that expresses a general truth or principle.

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domiciled

verb: reside or be based.

example: He was domiciled in a frame house on the outskirts of town.

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impotent

adj:

unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless.

Example: He was seized with an impotent anger.

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predilection

noun: a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something.

Example: My predilection is for Indian food.

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taciturn

adjective: (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.

Example: After the holidays she would be taciturn and unhappy.

adapted from,Definitions from Oxford Languages

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Human chattel

Noun: (uncountable) Human beings considered property, that is, slaves.

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Multiple Choice

Apothecary

• someone who makes poisonous foods

• someone who is extremely religious, or pious

• Someone who is very quiet, not speaking freely

• someone who makes healing medicines

Multiple Choice

Habitually reserved (introverted) and uncommunicative

• Vexation

• Dispensation

• Malevolent

• Taciturn

Multiple Choice

An authoritative declaration

• Dictum

• Taciturn

• Unsullied

• Vexation

Multiple Choice

What word means "to put to rest, ease, or lessen"?

• assuaged

• amiable

• orange

• vexation

Multiple Choice

Taciturn

• someone who is extremely talkative, chatty

• Using chattels to have a conversation

• someone who speaks like a philosopher

• Someone who speaks very little, or is quiet

Multiple Choice

domiciled has to do with

• clothing

• wealth

• housing

• feelings

Multiple Choice

She fearing spiders so much she was ______ to kill one when she saw it.

• assuaged

• impotent

• dictum

• human chattels

Multiple Choice

Assuaged

• to make a difficult situation better

• to make a bad situation worse

• to have one arm badly broken

• to heal from an accident

Multiple Choice

Chattels

• a free man

• Chatting with friends

• an item of property other than real estate

• a vegetable grown in summer