East Of Eden

Question 1

Philandering

Answer 1

the act of having sex with a lot of different partners without becoming emotionally involved with any of them:
She was furious at her husband’s philandering.
Some people knew about his philandering, but they wouldn’t report on it.

Question 2

Wantonness

Answer 2

bad behaviour that is intentional or shows no care about bad things that might result:
The chairman this week condemned the bank’s wantonness towards other people’s money.
We all felt a strong dismay and horror at such an act of wantonness.

Question 3

Stolid

Answer 3

(of a person) calm and not showing emotion or excitement :

He’s a very stolid, serious man.

Question 4

Niggardly

Answer 4

slight in amount, quality, or effort:

a niggardly donation/amount

Question 5

Concupiscence

Answer 5

sexual desire

Question 6

Stolid

Answer 6

(of a person) calm and not showing emotion or excitement :

He’s a very stolid, serious man.

Question 7

Niggardly

Answer 7

slight in amount, quality, or effort:

a niggardly donation/amount

Question 8

Concupiscence

Answer 8

sexual desire

Question 9

Ornery

Answer 9

ending to get angry and argue with people:

He’s ornery and opinionated, but he doesn’t lie.

Question 10

Baleful

Answer 10

evil or angry
злобный, мрачный
a baleful look

Question 11

Precocious

Answer 11

Children who are precocious have the confidence or skill of an adult.
не по годам взрослый
A precocious child, she went to university at the age of 15.

Question 12

Spank

Answer 12

to hit a child with the hand, usually several times on the bottom as a punishment

to hit an adult on the bottom in order to get or give sexual pleasure

Question 13

Crippled

Answer 13

to injure someone so that they cannot use their arms or legs
калечить
[ often passive ] His son was crippled by a riding accident.

Question 14

Voluptuous

Answer 14

A voluptuous woman has a sexually attractive body, often with large breasts

Question 15

Obliquely

Answer 15

said in a way that is not direct, so that the real meaning is not immediately clear:
The article refers to the controversy only obliquely.

Question 16

Huffy

Answer 16

angry and offended:

I told her she’d made a mistake and she got huffy with me.

Question 17

Querulous

Answer 17

often complaining, especially in a weak high voice:

He became increasingly dissatisfied and querulous in his old age.

Question 18

Perfidy

Answer 18

behaviour that is not loyal

Question 19

Coagulate

Answer 19

to change from liquid to a more solid state, or to cause something to do this:
The sauce coagulated as it cooled down.
The venom of this snake coagulates the blood.