Rumor Chick: The New Guy

Question 1

Assiduous

Answer 1

Hardworking

Laura assiduously studies her flashcards, working hard into the night.

Question 2

Ominous

Answer 2

menacing; threatening

The caller’s voice was ominous and she quickly realized she might be in danger

Question 3

Quell

Answer 3

to put down forcibly

Laura quelled the intruders advances, stopping his attacks with the bedroom door.

Question 4

Manifest

Answer 4

to make evident or certain by displaying or demonstrating

The intruder manifested himself as the new student by showing Laura his driving liscense.

Question 5

Bemuse

Answer 5

to confuse, stun, or stump

Pamela was bemused by the new guys decision to date Laura, they just couldn’t understand it.

Question 6

Estrange

Answer 6

to cause to become unfriendly or hostile

Pamela and Laura are estranged, they used to be best friends but now they are hostile toward each other.

Question 7

Supplant

Answer 7

to take the place of

Pamela plans to supplant Laura, taking the place of the study partner’s girlfriend

Question 8

Notorious

Answer 8

known widely and favorably; famous for something bad

Pamela and Kristen are notorious at school, everyone knows that want to ruin other peoples lives.

Question 9

Adulation

Answer 9

excessive flattery

The first part of Pamela’s masterplan was adulation, flattering the study partner for his vocabulary skills.

Question 10

Admonish

Answer 10

to gently criticize and warn

Laura admonished the study partner, warning him about studying with Pamela and Kristen

Question 11

Concur

Answer 11

to agree

Kristen and Pamela concur to set Laura up, agreeing to set a trap for her

Question 12

Complicity

Answer 12

participation in a bad act or crime

Doug is complicit in Pamela’s plan, he willing participates in her evil plan.

Question 13

Poignant

Answer 13

touching

Doug’s poignant plea was so touching that he was able to Laura to study with him.

Question 14

Cunning

Answer 14

cleaver, sneaky

The girls were cunning, sneakily taking pictures of Laura to set her up.

Question 15

Ascertain

Answer 15

to discover
The study partner ascertained that Laura had been unfaithful, he discovers the photos that Laura had been studying with another guy.

Question 16

Morose

Answer 16

gloomy

The study partner became morose and gloomy when he found out that Laura had been studying with someone else

Question 17

Rebuke

Answer 17

to criticize or find fault with

The study partner rebuked Laura, criticizing her studying with someone else.

Question 18

Reciprocate

Answer 18

to show or give in return

The study partner reciprocates Laura’s infidelity, he goes ahead and studies with Pamela.

Question 19

Renounce

Answer 19

to reject, disown, or formally give up

Laura renounced her friendship with Pamela, formally announcing they weren’t friends anymore.

Question 20

Concede

Answer 20

to acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true

Doug concedes the argument with the study partner, acknowledging that girls are great after all.