Vocab Ch 11-15

Question 1

falling head over heels in love

Answer 1

fell deeply and madly in love

Question 2

infatuated with

Answer 2

romantically obsessed with

Question 3

besotted with

Answer 3

almost stupidly or blindly in love with

Question 4

someone after your own heart

Answer 4

someone you admire because they do or think the same as you

Question 5

kindred spirits

Answer 5

very similar

Question 6

amiability

Answer 6

the quality of having a friendly and pleasant manner

Question 7

scrupulously honest

Answer 7

very honest

Question 8

staunchest ally

Answer 8

someone you van rely on for support

Question 9

not seeing eye to eye

Answer 9

having different opinions

Question 10

broken home

Answer 10

family split up by divorce

Question 11

to yearn for

Answer 11

to want something you do not have, and often, can never have

Question 12

to covet

Answer 12

wanting to possess something very much

Question 13

placate

Answer 13

stop someone feeling angry

Question 14

conciliate

Answer 14

ending a disagreement between two parties by acting in a friendly way towards both sides

Question 15

exultant

Answer 15

really happy

Question 16

to rejoice

Answer 16

be extremely happy

Question 17

full joys of spring

Answer 17

look happy

Question 18

floating/walking on air

Answer 18

feeling happy

Question 19

antipathy

Answer 19

feeling of dislike or opposition towards something or someone

Question 20

aversion to

Answer 20

feeling of intense dislike or an unwillingness to do something

Question 21

loathing

Answer 21

intense hatred

Question 22

abhorrence

Answer 22

intense disgust

Question 23

scorn

Answer 23

lack of respect for something

Question 24

offhand

Answer 24

showed a rude lack of interest in others

Question 25

officious

Answer 25

too eager to tell others what to do

Question 26

ostentatious

Answer 26

displaying wealth or possesions in a vulgar way

Question 27

pompous

Answer 27

too formal and showing that you think that you are more important than other people

Question 28

pretentious

Answer 28

tries to appear more serious or important than she is

Question 29

puerile

Answer 29

silly and childish

Question 30

fickle

Answer 30

changing feelings suddenly without reason

Question 31

dejected

Answer 31

unhappy and dissapointed

Question 32

forlorn

Answer 32

sad, alone and not cared for

Question 33

distraught

Answer 33

extremely worried and upset

Question 34

uterus

Answer 34

womb

Question 35

IVF

Answer 35

in vitro fertilisation

Question 36

doddery

Answer 36

weak and unable to walk well, old

Question 37

gaga

Answer 37

unable to think clearly, old

Question 38

wake

Answer 38

gathering of friends and family after a funeral

Question 39

to bequeath

Answer 39

to leave something in a will