Ch 18

Question 1

Antithetical (adj)

Answer 1

Diametrically opposed, as in antithesis

Question 2

Complaisance (n)

Answer 2

The willingness to comply with the wishes of others

Question 3

Din (n)

Answer 3

Loud sustained noise

• we couldn’t hear each other over the din coming from the kitchen

Question 4

Equable (adj)

Answer 4

Not able to be easily disturbed
Level

• equable temper

Question 5

Fractious (adj)

Answer 5

Rebellious, unruly, quarrelsome, cranky

Question 6

Inert (adj)

Answer 6

Unmoving, sluggish, lethargic

Not reactive chemically

Question 7

Petulant (adj)

Answer 7

Impatient, irritable

Question 8

Repine (v)

Answer 8

To feel or express dejection or discontent, long for

• the old man repined for his lost youth

Question 9

Solicitous (adj)

Answer 9

Concerned and attentive, eager

Question 10

Tractable (adj)

Answer 10

Obedient, easily led

Question 11

Apocryphal (adj)

Answer 11

Dubious authenticity or origin

Question 12

Confound (v)

Answer 12

To cause to be confused

To frustrate

Question 13

Dirge (n)

Answer 13

A mournful song or poem for the dead

Question 14

Equivocate (v)

Answer 14

To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

Question 15

Froward (adj)

Answer 15

Stubbornly disobedient, not willing to comply

Question 16

Ingenuous (adj)

Answer 16

Artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication

Don’t confuse with ingenious which means characterized by skill and imagination

Question 17

Philanthropic (adj)

Answer 17

Humanitarian, benevolent

Question 18

Repudiate (v)

Answer 18

To refuse to have anything to do with, disown

Question 19

Solvent (adj)

Answer 19

Able to meet financial obligation

Question 20

Transient (adj)

Answer 20

Passing quickly, brief, fleeting