TBT Vocab. 1 and Figurative Language

“I most definitely can be cheerful. I can be amiable. Agreeable. Affable. And that’s only the A’s. Just don’t ask me to be nice.” 
 The word amiable most closely means:

• violent
• warm/ friendly 
• unfeeling/ detached 

"Please, be calm, despite that previous threat.I am all bluster—I am not violent.I am not malicious.I am a result.”

The word malicious most closely means: 

• having a desire to cause harm to  another person
• believing in something false 
• inviting, comfortable with someone 

“He looked up at the tall one’s chin and cried, “Spinnst du?! Are you stupid?!” The abhorrence on his cheeks was growing thicker by the moment. ”
The word abhorrence most closely means 

• gentleness/ peacefulness 
• confusing/ dismay 
• hate/disgust

“Come on,” he said, traipsing over the snow. “We’ll carry all three of them back on if we have to. We’ll notify the next stop.”
The word traipse most closely means: 

• reaching
• walk/stomp
• investigating 

“He remained shrouded in his uniform as the graying light arm-wrestled the sky.” 

The word shroud most closely means: 

• Cloth that is used to wrap a dead body; something that covers or hides something
• an opinion or feeling generally accepted by others 
• a place and time of death 

“She wasn’t delivering her children to the higher echelons of Munich, but a foster home had apparently been found..."
The word echelons most closely means: 

• the worst of; negative section 
• a level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society
• a format in which something must be completed 

“The book thief had struck for the first time—the beginning of an illustrious career.” 

The word illustrious most closely means: 

• easily forgotten; dismissable 
• impossible to understand or comprehend 
• widely known and esteemed

“I should hasten to admit, however, that there was a considerable hiatus between the first stolen book and the second.”
The word hiatus most closely means: 

• a plan made in advance 
• a pause or break; a gap 
• an undisclosed location 

“In the beginning, it was the profanity that made an immediate impact. It was so vehement and prolific. ”
The word vehement most closely means: 

• extreme intensity of emotions or convictions
• having a mild disposition; temperate 
• emotionless; without feeling 

“(The human child—so much cannier at times than the stupefyingly ponderous adult.) She saw it immediately.”
The word ponderous most closely means: 

• full of exciement and vitality 
• without beginning or end 
• labored and dull