Chapter 7 vocab

Question 1

To calm or pacify, set to rest, to lessen or relieve

Answer 1

Allay

Question 2

Reduce, alleviate, moderate

Answer 2

Allay

Question 3

Beastlike, beasty, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility

Answer 3

Bestial

Question 4

Anamalistic, loathsome

Answer 4

Bestial

Question 5

Festive, sociable, having fun together, genial

Answer 5

Convivial

Question 6

Fun-loving, jovial, merry

Answer 6

Convivial

Question 7

A circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest

Answer 7

Coterie

Question 8

Clique, set

Answer 8

Coterie

Question 9

A person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement

Answer 9

Counterpart

Question 10

Match

Answer 10

Counterpart

Question 11

Shameless boldness, impudence

Answer 11

Effrontery

Question 12

Chutzpah, nerve, impertinence, cheek

Answer 12

Effrontery

Question 13

To decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details

Answer 13

Embellish

Question 14

Garnish

Answer 14

Embellish

Question 15

Lasting only a short time, short lived

Answer 15

Ephemeral

Question 16

Transient, evanescent, transitory

Answer 16

Ephemeral

Question 17

Appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy

Answer 17

Felicitous

Question 18

Fortunate, well-put

Answer 18

Felicitous

Question 19

Done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen

Answer 19

Furtive

Question 20

Covert, surreptitious

Answer 20

Furtive

Question 21

Glaring; tastelessly, showy, or over decorated in a vulgar or offensive way

Answer 21

Garish

Question 22

Gaudy, flashy, tawdry

Answer 22

Garish

Question 23

Too far great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive

Answer 23

Inordinate

Question 24

Exorbitant, extravagant

Answer 24

Inordinate

Question 25

To cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome

Answer 25

Jettison

Question 26

A person who hates or despises people

Answer 26

Misanthrope

Question 27

Cast-off, discard, dump, junk

Answer 27

Jettison

Question 28

People-hater

Answer 28

Misanthrope

Question 29

Of little value or importance, paltry, measly; concerned with trifling matters, small-minded

Answer 29

Picayune

Question 30

Piddling, trifling

Answer 30

Picayune

Question 31

POS Raiment

Answer 31

Noun

Question 32

POS Jettison

Answer 32

Verb

Question 33

POS Illusory

Answer 33

Adjective

Question 34

POS Furtive

Answer 34

Adjective

Question 35

POS Counterpart

Answer 35

Noun