Describing Interpersonal Behavior and Style

Question 1

ingratiating

Answer 1

calculated to please or gain favor; capable of winning favor

Question 2

acrimony

Answer 2

a rough and bitter manner

Question 3

egocentrism

Answer 3

concern for your own interests and welfare

Question 4

collegial

Answer 4

relating to or involving shared responsibility

Question 5

pugnacious

Answer 5

ready and able to resort to force or violence;tough and callous by virtue of experience

Question 6

avuncular

Answer 6

like an uncle in kindness or indulgence; being or relating to an uncle

Question 7

lacerating

Answer 7

forcefully or severely

Question 8

incivility

Answer 8

deliberate discourtesy

Question 9

conciliator

Answer 9

someone who tries to bring peace

Question 10

acerbic

Answer 10

harsh or corrosive in tone; sour or bitter in taste

Question 11

implacable

Answer 11

incapable of being placated

Question 12

incurious

Answer 12

showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity

Question 13

excoriate

Answer 13

express strong disapproval of; tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading

Question 14

sycophantic

Answer 14

attempting to win favor by flattery; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

Question 15

laconic

Answer 15

(of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words.
“his laconic reply suggested a lack of interest in the topic”

Question 16

prevaricate

Answer 16

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

Question 17

hubristic

Answer 17

owing to hubris

Question 18

milquetoast

Answer 18

a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive

Question 19

obdurate

Answer 19

showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings;stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing