Aya Marumo Bones And All Round3

Question 1

irked:def

Answer 1

to irritate, annoy, or exasperate

Question 2

irked: in a sentence

Answer 2

There was something at once dry, irked, and fussy in his voice.

Question 3

fussy

Answer 3

very concerned with unimportant
details and is difficult to please.

Question 4

menacing

Answer 4

making you think that someone is
going to do something bad

Question 5

menacing:in a sentence

Answer 5

his usual menacing, chilly gaze that could cut and bore into your guts with arthroscopic accuracy

Question 6

lambent

Answer 6

the ability to use words in a clever
and humorous way without being
unkind

Question 7

lambent: in a sentence

Answer 7

I’d never heard him speak in that lambent tone before.

Question 8

diffidence: def

Answer 8

modesty or shyness resulting from
a lack of self-confidence.

Question 9

diffidence: in a sentence

Answer 9

not realizing that my diffidence had made my “no”sound
almost like a question

Question 10

peevish: def

Answer 10

easily annoyed, bad-tempered

Question 11

peevish: in a sentence

Answer 11

But I had only managed to sound peevish and hysterical.

Question 12

arch: def

Answer 12

playfully roguish or mischievous

Question 13

arch: in a sentence

Answer 13

I was trying to sound arch and mysterious

Question 14

canny: def

Answer 14

clever,careful

Question 15

canny: in a sentence

Answer 15

A less canny reader of the human soul

Question 16

flustered: def

Answer 16

highly embarrassed, out of breath, and a little freaked out.

Question 17

flustered: in a sentence

Answer 17

I spoke fast, which gave people the impression that I was always flustered and muffling my words.

Question 18

vitrify: def

Answer 18

convert (something) into glass or a glasslike substance, typically by exposure to heat

Question 19

vitrify: in a sentence

Answer 19

I met a cold and icy glare-something at once hostile and
vitrified that bordered on cruelty

Question 20

dismissive: def

Answer 20

feeling or showing that something
is unworthy of consideration.

Question 21

dismissive: in a sentence

Answer 21

It sounded harsh, curt, and dismissive, spoken with the veiled
indifference of people who may not care to see or hear from
you again.

Question 22

summarily: def

Answer 22

you act without hesitating or even
taking time to explain yourself.

Question 23

summarily: in a sentence

Answer 23

as if he’d spotted my misplaced zeal to play up to him and was
summarily pushing me away

Question 24

brazen: def

Answer 24

do not care what other people think
about them or their behaviour. bold
and without shame.

Question 25

brazen: in a sentence

Answer 25

with the willful, brazen attitude he'd desplayed so far, reading would figure last on his

Question 26

be in the wings: def

Answer 26

"they are not yet active or important, but are ready or likely to be so soon"

Question 27

be in the wings: in a sentence

Answer 27

"You see someone, but you don't reallys see him. He's in the wings."

Question 28

devious: def

Answer 28

"in a way that is dishonest or tricks people, but is often also smart and successful"

Question 29

devious: in a sentence

Answer 29

"I was going for the devious smile that would suddenly light up his face each time he'd read my mind"

Question 30

discretion: def

Answer 30

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