GH Ch 1-3

Question 0

Deft

Answer 0

Dexterous, skillful

Question 1

Banns

Answer 1

Public announcement of intention to marry

Question 2

Dukes of Buccleuch

Answer 2

Scottish nobility descended from Charles I

Question 3

Extemporizing

Answer 3

Speaking on the spur of the moment without preparation

Question 4

Fractiousness

Answer 4

Quarrelsomeness

Question 5

Hotel de Ville

Answer 5

Town house

Question 6

Hulking

Answer 6

Large and threatening

Question 7

Incredulously

Answer 7

With disbelief

Question 8

Languidly

Answer 8

Slowly and listlessly

Question 9

Maecenas

Answer 9

A wealthy roman

Question 10

Morgan

Answer 10

JP Morgan, a wealthy American industrialist

Question 11

Peremptorily

Answer 11

In a harshly decisive manner, allowing no response

Question 12

Rotogravure

Answer 12

The picture of a section or an old news paper

Question 13

Supercilious

Answer 13

Haughty, contemptuous

Question 14

Contiguous

Answer 14

Adjacent, next to each other

Question 15

Crepe-de-chine

Answer 15

Thin silk material

Question 16

ectoplasm

Answer 16

A ghostly emanation

Question 17

Hauteur

Answer 17

Haughtiness, arrogance

Question 18

Incessant

Answer 18

Constant

Question 19

Pastoral

Answer 19

Relating to an idealized natural setting

Question 20

Saunter

Answer 20

To stroll

Question 21

Strident

Answer 21

Harsh sounding, shrill

Question 22

Ascertain

Answer 22

To find out

Question 23

Cataracts

Answer 23

Floods of water; waves

Question 24

Constrained

Answer 24

Compelled

Question 25

Duster

Answer 25

A long coat that protects against dust used by drivers of open cars

Question 26

Echolalia

Answer 26

Babble; the habit of speaking walkway other people say

Question 27

Innuendo

Answer 27

A derogatory hint or insinuation

Question 28

Permeate

Answer 28

To spread through a substance

Question 29

Staid

Answer 29

Very prober and conservative in behavior

Question 30

Vacuous

Answer 30

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