Quiz 09-27-2014

Question 0

Blithe

Answer 0

1. merry; joyous

2. heedless

Question 1

Bliss

Answer 1

perfect happiness

Question 2

buoy

Answer 2

keep afloat; raise the spirits of; encourage

Question 3

Complacency

Answer 3

self-satisfaction; smugness

Question 4

Complacent

Answer 4

too pleased with oneself- often without awareness of possible dangers or defects; self-satisfied; smug

Question 5

Jocund

Answer 5

merry; joyful; lighthearted

Question 6

Ascetic

Answer 6

Shunning pleasures; self denying; austere

Question 7

Ascetic

Answer 7

person who shuns pleasures and lives simply

Question 8

Compunction

Answer 8

regret; remorse; misgiving; qualm; scruple

Question 9

Contrite

Answer 9

Showing deep regret and sorrow for wrongdoing; deeply penitent; repentant; remorseful

Question 10

Contrition

Answer 10

repentance; remorse; penitence

Question 11

Maudlin

Answer 11

weakly sentimental and tearful

Question 12

Pensive

Answer 12

thoughtful in a sad way; melancholy

Question 13

Pligt

Answer 13

unfortunate state; predicament

Question 14

Sullen

Answer 14

resentfully silent; glum; morose; gloomy

Question 15

tribulation

Answer 15

suffering; distress

Question 16

Buxom

Answer 16

plump and attractive

Question 17

Cherubic

Answer 17

chubby and innocent looking; like a cherub

Question 18

haggard

Answer 18

careworn; gaunt

Question 19

Adulation

Answer 19

excessive praise; flattery

Question 20

Cajole

Answer 20

persuade by pleasant words; wheedle; coax

Question 21

Cajolery

Answer 21

persuasion by flattery; wheedling; coaxing

Question 22

obsequious

Answer 22

showing excessive willingness to serve; subservient; fawning

Question 23

Sycophant

Answer 23

parasitic flatterer; truckler

Question 24

truckle

Answer 24

Submit in a subservient manner to a superior; fawn; make a doormat of oneself