Chapter 16

Question 1

candid

Answer 1

truthful and straightforward; frank.
“his responses were remarkably candid”

Question 2

profane

Answer 2

showing no respect for a god or a religion, often through language

Question 3

fey

Answer 3

mysterious or strange;

Question 4

subtle

Answer 4

(especially of a change or distinction) so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyse or describe.

Question 5

concede

Answer 5

admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it.
“I had to concede that I’d overreacted”

Question 6

bounding

Answer 6

walk or run with leaping strides.
“Louis came bounding down the stairs”

Question 7

ablaze

Answer 7

1. : being on fire. 2. : radiant with light or emotion.

Question 8

subpoena.”

Answer 8

to order someone to go to a law court to answer questions:

Question 9

elucidate:

Question 10

affluent

Question 11

lunchers

Question 12

breeches.

Question 13

dispel

Question 14

reminiscent

Question 15

film

Question 16

bargained

Question 17

multitudes

Question 18

unobtrusive

Question 19

Attentive

Question 20

lanky,

Question 21

amiable,

Question 22

propped

Question 23

equity

Question 24

dozing,

Question 25

dispelled

Question 26

impression

Question 27

disputed

Question 28

eccentricities

Question 29

“Champertous

Question 30

connivance,”