The Stranger Vocabulary

Define the word in bold. “Then from a drawer in his night table he took out a sheet of paper, a yellow envelope, a small red pen box, and a square bottle with purple ink in it. When he told me the woman’s name I realized she was Moorish.”

• African descent

• Arab descent

• Italian descent

• Indian descent

“He was looking all over the place, turning around, peering into the darkness of the entryway, muttering incoherently, and then he started searching the street again with his little red eyes.” In this sentence, the bold-faced word most clearly means....

• to flow around

• to enclose

• to lack clarity

• to lack meaning

“Before we reached the edge of the plateau, we could already see the motionless sea and, farther out, a massive, drowsy-looking promontory in the clear water.” Define the word in bold:

• a point of land that juts into water

• a mountaintop above a plain

• a jagged rock

• a reflection

“All I could feel were the cymbals of sunlight crashing on my forehead and, indistinctly, the dazzling spear flying up from the knife in front of me.” Define the word in bold:

• frantically

• unclear

• attentive

• suggestive

an unfamiliar person (gertrsan)

Define the word in bold. "The sun was shining brightly, casting a **luminous** glow over the entire landscape."

• A) dark

• B) bright

• C) dull

• D) cold

In the sentence, "He spoke with a **monotonous** voice that made everyone sleepy," what does the word in bold mean?

• A) lively

• B) varied

• C) dull

• D) exciting

Choose the correct definition of the word in bold: "The **enigmatic** smile on her face made everyone curious."

• A) mysterious

• B) clear

• C) angry

• D) joyful

What does the word in bold mean in the sentence: "The **cacophony** of the city was overwhelming to the visitors."

• A) silence

• B) harmony

• C) noise

• D) peace

Identify the meaning of the word in bold: "The **ephemeral** nature of the sunset left everyone in awe."

• A) lasting

• B) temporary

• C) permanent

• D) eternal