Ch1 and 2 Vocab

Question 0

skillful, capable, expert, adroit, dexterous, quick

Answer 0

deft

Question 1

constantly troubling or attacking, habitual

Answer 1

besetting

Question 2

tame, submissive, obedient, complacent, mild-mannered, teachable, tractable,

Answer 2

docile

Question 3

disaster, trouble, set back, adversity, tragedy, misfortune, catastrophe,

Answer 3

calamity

Question 4

foretold, guessed, predicted, forecasted

Answer 4

divined

Question 5

approaching, nearing, about to take place, threatening to happen, looming, menacing

Answer 5

impending

Question 6

fluent, well-spoken, vivid,articulate, persuasive, with expression,

Answer 6

egotistical

Question 7

friendly, peaceful, kind, pleasant, gracious, cordial, sociable

Answer 7

genial

Question 8

lessened, decreased, receded, abated, retreated, declined

Answer 8

ebbed

Question 9

vain, proud, self-centered, arrogant, conceited, insolent

Answer 9

egotistical

Question 10

gloomy, sullen, sulky, churlish, depressed, glum, dismal,

Answer 10

morose

Question 11

many, numerous, copious, multitude, crowd, battalion,

Answer 11

legion

Question 12

repaid, got even, avenged, returned like for like

Answer 12

retaliated

Question 13

dark skinned, dusky, having a tanned complexion

Answer 13

swarthy

Question 14

tear, cut, bruise, hurt, wound

Answer 14

lacerate

Question 15

pacification, peace, settlement, agreement, adjustment

Answer 15

appeasement

Question 16

sharpness, severity, intensity, cleverness, intelligence

Answer 16

acuteness

Question 17

opponent, enemy, foe, adversary, contestant, challenger

Answer 17

antagonist

Question 18

difficult, hard, laborious, strenuous, burdensome, uphill

Answer 18

arduous

Question 19

rhythym, flow of sounds, song, beat, meter, flow, measure

Answer 19

cadence

Question 20

urgent, necessary, compulsive, compelling, pressing, peremptory

Answer 20

imperative

Question 21

extremely dejected, cheerless, gloomy, sad, melancholy, hopeless

Answer 21

disconsolate

Question 22

noticeable, showy, obvious, prominent, salient

Answer 22

conspicious

Question 23

unreasonably quarrelsome, hostile, agressive, defiant

Answer 23

belligerent

Question 24

shirker, slacker, liar, idler, truant, loafer

Answer 24

malingerer

Question 25

indirect, second-hand, acting or serving in place of someone else

Answer 25

vicarious

Question 26

danger, risk, hazard, jeopardy

Answer 26

peril

Question 27

malicious, disposed to do evil, spiteful, vicious

Answer 27

malignant

Question 28

appeasingly, soothing, peacefully

Answer 28

placatingly