And Then There Were None Set 1 Vocab Quiz

expose oneself to warmth and light, as for relaxation

• bask

• acquit

• scrutinize

• shrewd

taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance

• strenuous

• lax

• bleary

• treacherous

pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

• acquit

• inquest

• bask

• scrutinize

an investigation into the cause of an unexpected death

• inquest

• crony

• whim

• imperceptibly

without rigor or strictness

• lax

• surreptitious

• plaintively

• sinister

a close friend or associate

• crony

• inquest

• whim

• shrewd

tired to the point of exhaustion

• bleary

• strenuous

• surreptitious

• sinister

look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail

• scrutinize

• bask

• acquit

• plaintively

an odd or fanciful or capricious idea

• whim

• inquest

• crony

• bleary

in a manner expressing sorrow

• plaintively

• imperceptibly

• surreptituous

• treacherous