Describing State of Mind and Feelings

Question 1

discombobulate

Answer 1

be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; cause to be confused emotionally

Question 2

visceral

Answer 2

relating to or affecting the viscera; obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation

Question 3

penchant

Answer 3

a strong liking

Question 4

vociferous

Answer 4

conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

Question 5

bridle

Answer 5

the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control; respond to the reins, as of horses; put a bridle on

Question 6

rueful

Answer 6

feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

Question 7

rankle

Answer 7

gnaw into; make resentful or angry

Question 8

disaffection

Answer 8

disloyalty to the government or to established authority; the feeling of being alienated from other people

Question 9

dispirited

Answer 9

marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; low in spirits

Question 10

disquiet

Answer 10

the trait of seeming ill at ease; a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments; disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

Question 11

sanguine

Answer 11

confidently optimistic and cheerful; inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; a blood

Question 12

askance

Answer 12

(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; adv. with a side or oblique glance; with suspicion or disapproval

Question 13

ebullient

Answer 13

joyously unrestrained

Question 14

protestation

Answer 14

a strong declaration of protest; a formal and solemn declaration of objection

Question 15

inure

Answer 15

cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate

Question 16

deification

Answer 16

the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god); an embodiment of the qualities of a god; the condition of being treated like a god

Question 17

lionize

Answer 17

assign great social importance to

Question 18

irresolute

Answer 18

uncertain how to act or proceed

Question 19

adulatory

Answer 19

obsequiously complimentary

Question 20

covetous

Answer 20

showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another’s advantages; immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

Question 21

fealty

Answer 21

the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)

Question 22

automaton

Answer 22

a mechanism that can move automatically;someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way