Someone who uses very few words, often seeming rude or mysterious, would be described as

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Anna Hegdahl
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
spartan
laconic
angst
dilettante
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The hero of Les Miserables, Jean Valjean, spent nineteen years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread. This long prison sentence would be described as
Machiavellian
imbroglio
flak
draconian
Answer explanation
Hugh Jackman won a Golden Globe award in 2013 for his performance as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In contrast to Mr. Brocklehurst's wife and daughters, with their furs and curled hair, the girls at Lowood Institution live a _____________ life.
pastiche
mercurial
spartan
jovial
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In North Africa, Arabic is the ______________ that people from many tribes use to communicate in common. In southeastern Africa, it is Swahili; in West Africa, it is either French or English.
aegis
pastiche
lingua franca
chimerical
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A pretender or a fraud--such as a fake doctor or lawyer or fiance, etc.--is a
charlatan
Machiavelli
pastiche
patina
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
To stimulate or excite the muscles with electricity, or to excite people with shocking news, is to ___________________ them.
angst
gusto
imbroglio
galvanize
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
After Jane redecorates Moor House and welcomes Mary and Diana back, she tries to be ___________ for Christmas, but St. John is determined to be the opposite.
laconic
jovial
diva
aegis
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