Vocab- Ethan Frome

Question 1

Affability

Answer 1

Characteristic of being easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable

Question 2

Antipathy

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A strong feeling of aversion or repugnance

Question 3

Benevolence

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Kindness

Question 4

Compunction

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A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

Question 5

Convivial

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Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable

Question 6

Facetious

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Playfully jocular, humorous

Question 7

Foist

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To pass off as genuine, valuable, or worthy

Question 8

Incredulous

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Skeptical; disbelieving

Question 9

Innocuous

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Having no adverse affect, harmless

Question 10

Insatiable

Answer 10

Impossible to satiate or satisfy

Question 11

Insurmountable

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Impossible to surmount, insuperable

Question 12

Poignant

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Physically painful (keenly distressing to the mind or feeling)

Question 13

Querulous

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Given to complaining; peevish

Question 14

Recrimination

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The act of recriminating (to counter one accusation with another)

Question 15

Reminiscent

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Having the quality of or containing reminiscence (recollecting past experiences)

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Reticent

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Inclined to keep ones thoughts, feelings, or personal affairs to oneself

Question 17

Reverently

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Marked by, feeling or expressing awe or respect

Question 18

Sardonically

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Scornfully or cynically mocking

Question 19

Scintillating

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Throwing off sparks, flashing

Question 20

Taciturn

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Habitually untalkative