Chapter 15 Connor

Question 1

Adament

Answer 1

(adj) - firm in purpose or opinion

Question 2

Brouhaha

Answer 2

(n) a confused hodgepodge of sounds, uproar or commotion

Question 3

Bulwark

Answer 3

(n) a strong defense or protection

Question 4

Choleric

Answer 4

(adj) easily mad angered or bad tempered

Question 5

Cloy

Answer 5

(v) to spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence

Question 6

Curtail

Answer 6

to cut short, to bring to halt or end sonner thna expected

Question 7

Deference

Answer 7

(n) courteous yeilding to the wishes & ideas of anoher person

Question 8

Definitive

Answer 8

(adj) conclusive, final the limit of what can be done

Question 9

Demeanor

Answer 9

(n) the way a person behaves

Question 10

enigmatic

Answer 10

(adj) puzzling, plerplexing, not easily understood

Question 11

impromptu

Answer 11

(adj, adv) without preperation,

Question 12

mawkish

Answer 12

(adj) excessively & objectionably sentimental, a mildly sickening flavor

Question 13

molify

Answer 13

(v) to soften, to calm

Question 14

onus

Answer 14

(n) something heavy or burdensome, stigma

Question 15

profligate

Answer 15

(adj) given over to dissipation & self indulgence, recklessly extragavent

Question 16

presentiment

Answer 16

(n) a vagues sense of approaching misfortune

Question 17

remit

Answer 17

(v) to send or hand in as in money

Question 18

requisite

Answer 18

(adj) needed, necessary regarded as essential

Question 19

sartorial

Answer 19

(adj) of or pertaining to a tailor or his work

Question 20

thwart

Answer 20

(v) to oppose successfully, to prevent