VOCAB 1

Question 1

proneness

Answer 1

liability, susceptability (to suffer from/experience something disagreeable)

Question 2

penchant

Answer 2

habitual fondness or tendency (to do something)

Question 3

predilection

Answer 3

bias or tendency to think favorably of something

Question 4

propensity

Answer 4

natural inclination or tendency

Question 5

lachrymose

Answer 5

mournful, tearful; given to weeping

Question 6

dolorous

Answer 6

feeling, expressing great sorrow or distress

Question 7

lugubrious

Answer 7

(exaggeratedly) mournful, dismal, sad

Question 8

moribund

Answer 8

close to death; being in a state of inactivity/obsolescence

Question 9

plaintive

Answer 9

expressing sorrow, suffering, or woe

Question 10

congenial

Answer 10

pleasant & agreeably suited to one’s nature, tastes, outlook

Question 11

convivial

Answer 11

lively, enjoyable (relating to eating, drinking, & good company)

Question 12

amity

Answer 12

cordial, friendly disposition; friendship

Question 13

irascible

Answer 13

easily provoked to anger

Question 14

surly

Answer 14

unfriendly; threatening in appearance; irritably sullen in mood

Question 15

churlish

Answer 15

rude in a mean-spirited way

Question 16

petulant

Answer 16

childishly sulky, bad-tempered; insolent in speech & behavior

Question 17

fractious

Answer 17

quarrelsome, irritable, unruly

Question 18

dyspeptic

Answer 18

indigestion & the resulting irritation

Question 19

froward

Answer 19

habitually disposed to disobedience & opposition

Question 20

inimical

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hostile, unfriendly

Question 21

ardor

Answer 21

enthusiasm, passion, vigor

Question 22

indefatigable

Answer 22

unwavering vitality; untiring

Question 23

avidity

Answer 23

extreme eagerness

Question 24

ebullience

Answer 24

cheerful, full of energy; enthusiastic expression of thoughts & feelings

Question 25

blithe

Answer 25

carefree, happy, lighthearted; lacking due thought or consideration

Question 26

jocose

Answer 26

given to or characterized by joking; playfully humourous

Question 27

jocular

Answer 27

said/done as a joke; given to jesting

Question 28

sanguine

Answer 28

confidently optimistic, eagerly hopeful

Question 29

torpor

Answer 29

state of mental/physical inactivity

Question 30

lackadaisical

Answer 30

no enthusiasm; lacking life or zest

Question 31

listless

Answer 31

characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit; lethargic and lacking energy

Question 32

languid

Answer 32

disinclination for physical activity; sluggish; drooping from exhaustion

Question 33

indolent

Answer 33

habitually lazy, conducive to laziness

Question 34

lassitude

Answer 34

physical/mental exhaustion; condition of weariness

Question 35

insouciant

Answer 35

unconcern/nonchalance; blase

Question 36

enervate

Answer 36

to exhaust or cause to feel drained; lacking in physical/mental vigor

Question 37

onerous

Answer 37

troublesome, burdening; involving/constituting a burden

Question 38

malinger

Answer 38

avoiding duties or responsibilities by pretending to be ill

Question 39

maunder

Answer 39

ramble, move idly

Question 40

munificent

Answer 40

liberal in giving/bestowing; generous

Question 41

magnanimous

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lofty or courageously spirited; generous, forgiving (especially to rivals or the less powerful)

Question 42

largess

Answer 42

very generous gift giving

Question 43

gratuitous

Answer 43

costing nothing/given unearned; not necessary, appropriate, or justified

Question 44

tender

Answer 44

offer or a present for acceptance, paying for something

Question 45

avarice

Answer 45

insatiable desire for wealth or gain

Question 46

cupidity

Answer 46

excessive desire for wealth

Question 47

rapacity

Answer 47

aggressive, excessive greed

Question 48

parsimonious

Answer 48

frugal to the point of stinginess

Question 49

aggrandize

Answer 49

enhance (or increase in) the power, wealth, position, or reputation of; intensify, appear greater

Question 50

solipsistic

Answer 50

extreme egocentricity ("Solipism" - theory that only the self can be known to exist)