WEEK 5

Question 1

choleric

Answer 1

extremely irritable or easily angered

Question 2

clinical

Answer 2

scientific, based on actual observation’ analytic, unemotionally critical; objective and realistic

Question 3

colloquial

Answer 3

characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; INFORMAL

Question 4

Conciliatory

Answer 4

to overcome the distrust animosity of; appease, to make amends

Question 5

condemnatory

Answer 5

to express strong disapproval

Question 6

condescending

Answer 6

to speak down to/ spoken down to, showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority

Question 7

contemptuous

Answer 7

showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful

Question 8

contentious

Answer 8

tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome/causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy

Question 9

curt

Answer 9

rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner/brief; concise; terse; laconic

Question 10

Antithesis

Answer 10

the use of contrasting parallel structures representing absolute opposites