C22 Vocab 2

Question 1

of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor

Answer 1

Austere

Question 2

healthily plump and vigorous

Answer 2

Buxom

Question 3

a soft partly suppressed laugh

Answer 3

Chortle

Question 4

heedful of potential consequences

Answer 4

Circumspect

Question 5

fear resulting from the awareness of danger

Answer 5

Consternation

Question 6

lacking social polish

Answer 6

Gauche

Question 7

not subject or susceptible to change or variation

Answer 7

Immutable

Question 8

incapable of being appeased or pacified

Answer 8

Implacable

Question 9

impossible to subdue or overcome

Answer 9

Indomitable

Question 10

to gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts

Answer 10

Ingratiate

Question 11

characterized by jokes and good humor

Answer 11

Jocose

Question 12

noble and generous in spirit

Answer 12

Magnanimous

Question 13

gloomily or sullenly ill-humored

Answer 13

Morose

Question 14

exceedingly harmful

Answer 14

Pernicious

Question 15

showing impatient irritation

Answer 15

Petulant

Question 16

a predisposition in favor of something

Answer 16

Predilection

Question 17

a predisposition in favor of something

Answer 17

Prodigious

Question 18

tough and callous by virtue of experience

Answer 18

Pugnacious

Question 19

confidently optimistic and cheerful

Answer 19

Sanguine

Question 20

disdainfully or ironically humorous

Answer 20

Sardonic

Question 21

located or applied under the skin

Answer 21

Subcutaneous

Question 22

in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation

Answer 22

Torpid

Question 23

defiantly aggressive

Answer 23

Truculent

Question 24

unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating

Answer 24

Unctuous

Question 25

marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions

Answer 25

Vehement