Vocabulary Lesson 6 Quiz

to speak in a dramatic, pompous, or blustering manner

• daunt

• belligerent

• whisper

• bewail

• declaim

to exchange words; to discuss casually

• abate

• quell

• bandy

• pacify

• efface

deep-seated hostility, often mutual

• felicity

• affability

• geniality

• enmity

• amiability

a lover of books

• despot

• elite

• bibliophile

• neophyte

• affiliate

gluey, sticky

• narcissistic

• gluttinous

• dulcet

• melliflous

• unctuous

mentally ill; insane

• prudent

• discerning

• sagacious

• conceptual

• demented

to resent another's success; to envy

• declaim

• imbue

• begrudge

• quaff

• protective

favoritism shown to family or friends by those in poer, especially in business or hiring for work

• effrontery

• nepotism

• affiliation

• discrimination

• circumspection

marked by a conspicuous, showy, or pretentious display

• ostentatious

• ambidexterous

• berserk

• jaded

• glutinous

to drink in large quantities; to gulp

• gird

• savor

• probe

• quaff

• scrutinize