Module 4 Vocabulary Quiz

What does "chagrin" mean? NOUN

• a strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

• a keen feeling of mental unease (due to annoyance, embarrassment, etc.)

• one who roams or rove about (as in search of pleasure or amusement)

• refined or polite

What does "compunction" mean? NOUN

• inattentive or preoccupied (esp. because of anxiety)

• a strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

• a paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem (a dilemma)

• readily bent; supple (flexible)

What does "distrait" mean? ADJ.

• to get by special effort

• an unpredictable, deceitful, and unreliable person

• inattentive or preoccupied (esp. because of anxiety)

• readily bent; supple

What does "ennui" mean? NOUN

• a general pardon granted by a government

• not flowing or moving

• having or showing sherewdness and discernment

• listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest

What does "gadabout" mean? NOUN

• extreme or unnatural paleness

• one who roams or roves about (as in search of pleasure or amusement)

• of, resembling, related to, or consisting of a name or names

• to make a judgement (about something) without sufficient evidence (guess/assume)

What does "genteel" mean? ADJ.

• flushed with rosy color; ruddy

• refined or polite

• in engage in introspection

• lack of physical or mental energy

What does "introspective" mean? ADJ.

• a keen feeling of mental unease (due to annoyance, embarrassment, etc.)

• a large or high waterfall

• readily bent; supple (flexible)

• to engage in introspection

What does "judicial" mean? ADJ.

• of, relating to, or proper to courts of law or to the administration of justice

• to get by special effort

• to cause (an organism) to multiply or breed

• to repeat in concise form

What does "languor" mean? NOUN

• lack of physical or mental energy

• extreme or unnatural paleness

• refined or polite

• exhausted or distraught (and often gaunt in appearance)

What does "lithe" mean? ADJ.

• having or showing shrewdness and discernment

• to get by special effort

• readily bent; supple (flexible)

• a general pardon granted by a government