The Time Machine Vocabulary - Chapters 1-2

 (adverb): at irregular intervals; not continuously or steadily

• intermittently

• adroitly

• subtle

• anachronism

Answer explanation

intermittently (adverb): at irregular intervals; not continuously or steadily

There is, however, a tendency to draw an unreal distinction between the former three dimensions and the latter, because it happens that our consciousness moves intermittently in one direction along the latter from the beginning to the end of our lives.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(adverb): in a clever or skillful way

• caricature

• transitory

• adroitly

• expounding

Answer explanation

adroitly (adverb): in a clever or skillful way

It appears incredible to me that any kind of trick, however subtly conceived and however adroitly done, could have been played upon us under these conditions.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(adjective): unwilling or unable to believe something

• incredulous

• articulation

• pensive

• caricature

Answer explanation

incredulous (adjective): unwilling or unable to believe something

I remember vividly the flickering light, his queer, broad head in silhouette, the dance of the shadows, how we all followed him, puzzled but incredulous, and how there in the laboratory we beheld a larger edition of the little mechanism which we had seen vanish from before our eyes.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

 (adjective): seeming reasonable or probable

• lucid

• plausible

• anachronism

• misconception

Answer explanation

plausible (adjective): seeming reasonable or probable

'It sounds plausible enough to-night,' said the Medical Man; 'but wait until to-morrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.'

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(adverb): in a formal, dignified, or sincere manner

• jocular

• fervent

• solemnly

• recondite

Answer explanation

solemnly (adverb): in a formal, dignified, or sincere manner

I caught Filby's eye over the shoulder of the Medical Man, and he winked at me solemnly.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(adjective): delicately complex and understated

• subtle

• lucid

• adroitly

• transitory

Answer explanation

subtle (adjective): delicately complex and understated

The fact is, the Time Traveler was one of those men who are too clever to be believed: you never felt that you saw all round him; you always suspected some subtle reserve, some ingenuity in ambush, behind his lucid frankness.subtle (adjective): delicately complex and understated

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

(adjective): expressed clearly; easy to understand

• articulation

• impartiality

• lucid

• incredulous

Answer explanation

lucid (adjective): expressed clearly; easy to understand

The fact is, the Time Traveler was one of those men who are too clever to be believed: you never felt that you saw all round him; you always suspected some subtle reserve, some ingenuity in ambush, behind his lucid frankness.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(adjective): humorous or playful.

• fervent

• jocular

• solemnly

• pensive

Answer explanation

jocular (adjective): humorous or playful.

There was some speculation at the dinner-table about the Time Traveler’s absence, and I suggested time traveling, in a half-jocular spirit

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(noun): formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech

• articulation

• plausible

• provincial

• impartiality

Answer explanation

articulation (noun): formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech

The Time Traveler did not seem to hear. ‘Don’t let me disturb you,’ he said, with a certain faltering articulation.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(adjective): having or displaying a passionate intensity

• recondite

• misconception

• intermittently

• fervent

Answer explanation

fervent (adjective): having or displaying a passionate intensity

Conversation was exclamatory for a little while, with gaps of wonderment; and then the Editor got fervent in his curiosity.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4