Annotation Vocabulary Kate Chopin

Question 1

matrimonial

Answer 1

espoused, spousal, wedded,

Question 2

morose

Answer 2

sullen and ill-tempered

Question 3

solemn

Answer 3

formal, dignified, sophisticated

Question 4

surreptitious

Answer 4

secret, secretive, clandestine, furtive, veiled

Question 5

meek

Answer 5

patient, reticent, forbearing, peaceful

Question 6

forthright

Answer 6

frank, direct, candid, honest, sincere, blunt, outspoken

Question 7

ardor

Answer 7

passionate, eagerness, intensity

Question 8

frankness

Answer 8

plainspoken, direct, sincere, outspoken, candid

Question 9

opportunism

Answer 9

pragmatic, exploitive, expedience,

Question 10

venality, venal

Answer 10

decadence, degradation, corruption, profligate

Question 11

veracity

Answer 11

truthfulness, precision, exactness

Question 12

idiosyncrasy, idiosyncratic

Answer 12

trait, oddity, eccentricity, singularity, peculiarity

Question 13

amorous

Answer 13

lustful ardent, passionate, romantic, doting

Question 14

ambivalent

Answer 14

uncertain, equivocal, indecisive, inconclusive, undecided

Question 15

remorseful

Answer 15

contrite, sorry, repentant, penitent, ashamed

Question 16

guileful

Answer 16

crafty, cunning, surreptitious, covert

Question 17

unrequited

Answer 17

unanswered, unreciprocated, lovelorn, yearning

Question 18

omniscient narrator

Answer 18

having unlimited knowledge or understanding

Question 19

contextualize

Answer 19

appraise, consider, interpret

Question 20

insolent

Answer 20

impudent, disrespectful, rude, brazen, audacious, presumptuous

Question 21

sardonic

Answer 21

acerbic, caustic, cutting, sarcasticaudacious

Question 22

audacious

Answer 22

bold, brazen, intrepid, insolent

Question 23

cavalier

Answer 23

supercilious, disdainful, haughty, contemptuous

Question 24

refute

Answer 24

disprove, rebut, contradict, invalidate

Question 25

melancholy

Answer 25

gloomy, dejected, despondent, miserable

Question 26

abject

Answer 26

wretched, despicable, miserable, contemptible

Question 27

self-absorption

Answer 27

narcissism, egotism, selfishness, self-centered

Question 28

axiom

Answer 28

aphorism, proverb, truism, precept, principle

Question 29

conjecture

Answer 29

speculate, hypothesis, supposition, presume, assume

Question 30

squander

Answer 30

waste, splurge, misspend, dissipate

Question 31

chastic

Answer 31

introverted, transposed, reversed

Question 32

veracious

Answer 32

accurate, trustworthy, authentic

Question 33

elucidate

Answer 33

clarify, illuminate, interpret, explicate

Question 34

antipathy

Answer 34

animosity, hostility, aversion, antagonism

Question 35

dissonance

Answer 35

discord, dissension, disharmony

Question 36

didactically

Answer 36

pedagogical, academically, instructive,

Question 37

wariness

Answer 37

caution, distrust, mistrust

Question 38

superficial

Answer 38

shallow, cursory, perfunctory, frivolous

Question 39

vexing

Answer 39

annoying, irritating, infuriating

Question 40

posturing

Answer 40

pretension, affectation, pretense, posing