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Chapter One Vocabulary Quiz

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  1. affluent
    having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
  2. frivolous
    not serious in content, attitude, or behavior
  3. cordial
    politely warm and friendly
  4. exuberant
    joyously unrestrained
  5. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  6. alien
    from another place or part of the world
  7. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
  8. candid
    openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness
  9. gauche
    lacking social poise or refinement
  10. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  11. frugal
    avoiding waste
  12. novice
    someone new to a field or activity
  13. adroit
    quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
  14. aficionado
    a serious devotee of some activity, genre, or performer
  15. altruistic
    showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  16. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  17. cosmopolitan
    composed of people from many parts of the world
  18. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  19. gullible
    naive and easily deceived or tricked
  20. hypocritical
    professing feelings or virtues one does not have
  21. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  22. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  23. venerable
    profoundly honored
Created on Thu Sep 13 10:43:21 EDT 2012

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