Portrait and Tunnels Vocab

Question 1

repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester

Answer 1

badger

Question 2

Totally bewilder or perplex.

Answer 2

baffle

Question 3

So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

Answer 3

banal

Question 4

Hostile and aggresive

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belligerent

Question 5

Gentle and kindly

Answer 5

benign

Question 6

Argue about petty and trivial matters.

Answer 6

bicker

Question 7

(of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements.

Answer 7

bleak

Question 8

Showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper.

Answer 8

blithe

Question 9

(of a person, event, or behavior) noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.

Answer 9

boisterous

Question 10

Rough and bad-mannered; coarse.

Answer 10

boorish

Question 11

A bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate.

Answer 11

bravado

Question 12

abrupt or offhand in speech or manner.

Answer 12

brusque

Question 13

carry out (a task) clumsily or incompetently.

Answer 13

bungle

Question 14

A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.

Answer 14

bureaucracy

Question 15

A projecting support of stone or brick built against a wall.

Answer 15

buttress

Question 16

A feeling of remorse for having done something wrong

Answer 16

contrition

Question 17

High places extending out over a body of water

Answer 17

promontories

Question 18

Giving off light

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luminous

Question 19

The act of asking humbly and earnestly

Answer 19

supplication

Question 20

A leaflike shoot of seaweed

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frond

Question 21

Marked by an involuntary muscular contraction

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convulsive

Question 22

A spurt, splash, a glob

Answer 22

gout

Question 23

Brief; to the point

Answer 23

terse

Question 24

Unfaithful; changeable

Answer 24

fickle

Question 25

Compassion; sympathy

Answer 25

pathos

Question 26

Unappreciative person

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Ingrate

Question 27

Ill will; malice

Answer 27

malevolance

Question 28

Ordinary; unimaginative

Answer 28

prosaic

Question 29

Slim; attractive

Answer 29

svelte

Question 30

Sense of superiority

Answer 30

disdain