DOS Act 1

Question 1

mercurial

Answer 1

characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood

Question 2

massacre

Answer 2

the act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty; an act of complete destruction

Question 3

simonize

Answer 3

to polish with or as if with wax

Question 4

crude

Answer 4

marked by the primitive, gross, or elemental or by uncultivated simplicity or vulgarity

Question 5

petty

Answer 5

having secondary rank or importance; marked by or reflective of narrow interests and sympathies

Question 6

pompous

Answer 6

excessively elevated or ornate; having or exhibiting self-importance

Question 7

insinuate

Answer 7

to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way; imply

Question 8

approbation

Answer 8

an act of approving formally or officially

Question 9

incipient

Answer 9

beginning to come into being or to become apparent

Question 10

commission

Answer 10

a fee paid to an agent or employee for transacting a piece of business or performing a service

Question 11

scrim

Answer 11

a theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted

Question 12

incarnate

Answer 12

invested with bodily and especially human nature and form

Question 13

laconic

Answer 13

using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious

Question 14

stolid

Answer 14

having or expressing little or no sensibility; unemotional

Question 15

rollicking

Answer 15

boisterously carefree, joyful, or high-spirited

Question 16

vicious

Answer 16

dangerously aggressive; marked by violence or ferocity

Question 17

philandering

Answer 17

to have casual or illicit sex with a person or with many people

Question 18

simultaneously

Answer 18

existing or occurring at the same time : exactly coincident

Question 19

feasible

Answer 19

capable of being done or carried out

Question 20

ridden

Answer 20

harassed, oppressed, or obsessed by; excessively full of or supplied with

Question 21

caliber

Answer 21

degree of mental capacity or moral quality

Question 22

poised

Answer 22

marked by balance or equilibrium; marked by easy composure of manner or bearing

Question 23

infinite

Answer 23

extending indefinitely; endless

Question 24

reminiscences

Answer 24

recall to mind of a long-forgotten experience or fact; accounts of memorable experiences

Question 25

resolve

Answer 25

fixity of purpose; resoluteness

Question 26

temperament

Answer 26

characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response

Question 27

content

Answer 27

satisfied

Question 28

sentiment

Answer 28

an attitude, thought, or judgment prompted by feeling; predilection

Question 29

bashful

Answer 29

socially shy or timid

Question 30

reluctant

Answer 30

feeling or showing aversion, hesitation, or unwillingness