Chapter 1: 11-20

Question 1

diffident

Answer 1

• lacking self-confidence; self-effacing; NOT assertive

- adjective

Question 2

pragmatic

Answer 2

• Practical; sensible; NOT idealistic or romantic

- adjective

Question 3

evocation

Answer 3

• an imaginative re-creation

- noun

Question 4

presumptuous

Answer 4

overbearing; impertinetly bold; characterized by brashly overstepping one’s place
-adjective

Question 5

recalcitrant

Answer 5

• stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance; OBSTINATE; OBDURATE
• adjective

Question 6

boon

Answer 6

• a timely benefit; (unexpected)blessing

- noun

Question 7

bane

Answer 7

• source of harm or ruin
• unexpected curse
• noun

Question 8

clandestine; surreptitious

Answer 8

• secret; covert; not open; NOT ABOVEBOARD

- adjective

Question 9

affable; amiable; genial; gregarious

Answer 9

• all mean agreeable; marked by a pleasing personality; warm and friendly
• adjective

Question 10

austere

Answer 10

-having no adonment or ornamentation; bare; not
ORNATE (word 363)
-strict or harsh
-adjective

Question 11

austerity

Answer 11

• the trait of great self-denial; economy

- noun

Question 12

altruistic

Answer 12

• unselfish concern for the welfare of others

- adjective