HPAT vocab

Question 1

Shrewd

Answer 1

Having or showing sharp powers of judgement

Question 2

Brusque

Answer 2

Abrupt or offhand in speech or manner

Question 3

Avid

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Having or showing keen interest

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Disenchanted

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Disappointed by someone or something previously respected or admired

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Forthright

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Direct an outspoken; straightforward and honest

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Curr

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Rudely brief

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Dithering

Answer 7

Indecisive/ wavering

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Snide

Answer 8

Derogatory or mocking in an indirect way

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Scathing

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Witheringly scornful; Severely critical

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Abashed

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Embarrassed, disconcerted, ashamed

Question 11

Loquacious

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Excessively talkative

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Peeved

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Annoyed or irritated

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Contrite

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Feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt

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Incredulous

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Unwilling or unable to believe something

Question 15

Conciliatory

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Intended to gain Goodwill or favour or to reduce hostility

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Fractitious

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Irritable and quarrelsome

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Querulous

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Complaining in a rather petulant or whining manner

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Denunciatory

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Containing warning of punishment

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Bitter

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Feeling or showing anger, hurt or resentment because of bad experiences or sense of in just treatment

Question 20

Indignant

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Anger at a supposed injustice

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Doleful

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Expressing sorrow or being mournful

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Vehement

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Showing strong feeling; passionate and intense

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Circumspect

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Wary and unwilling to take risks

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Crude

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Offensively coarse or rude

Question 25

Derisive

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Expressing contempt or ridicule

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Affronting

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Offending the modesty of values of something

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Avaricious

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Greedy of gain, excessively acquisitive especially in seeking to hoard riches

Question 28

Jaundiced

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Showing a feeling dislike, distrust for anger because of past experiences

Question 29

Nonplussed

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Shocked or confused

Question 30

Piqued

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Experiencing a sudden feeling of annoyance or anger when someone offends you

Question 31

Fatalistic

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Believing that all that happens is predetermined and therefore inevitable

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Sardonic

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Humorous in a green or sarcastic way; full of bitter mockery

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Cynical

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Having little faith in human sincerity or goodness

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Petty

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Unimportant, trivial, small minded

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Fiesty

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Active, forceful and full of determination

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Parsimonious

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Stingy or on willing to give; sparing in the use of resources

Question 37

Vociferous

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Making a great outcry

Question 38

Despondent

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Having lost heart

Question 39

Solicitous

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Anxious and concerned, especially about a person’s welfare or comfort

Question 40

Supercilious

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Arrogant, condescending

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Flippant

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To not show a respectful or serious attitude

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Irascible

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Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered

Question 43

Acerbically

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Sharp and forthright, a bit of caustic criticism

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Cowed

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Submitting to someone’s wishes by intimidation

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Derision

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Contemptuous ridicule or mockery

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Humility

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Understating or making less of

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Incensed

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Very angry, enraged

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Punitive

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Inflicting or intended as punishment

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Apathetic

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Lacking interest or concern, indifferent

Question 50

Sullen

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Passively resentful; stubbornly illhumoured and unresponsive

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Acquiescent

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Ready to accept something without protest

Question 52

Contemptuous

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Feeling or showing contempt (feeling a person or thing is worthless or beneath consideration; or deserving extreme approach or scorn)

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Insolent

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Showing a rude or arrogant lack of respect

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Circumlocutory

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Using many words were fewer would do; long winded - especially in attempt to be vague or evasive; speaking in a roundabout or indirect way

Question 55

Shirty

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Angry, annoyed

Question 56

Ebullience

Answer 56

Exuberance, high spirits, full of energy