Tuck Vocabulary Prologue - Chapter 8 Question Preview (ID: 21205)


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irritating; angering
a) balmy
b) rueful
c) galling
d) tangent

undertaking; involving risk
a) venture
b) tangent
c) faltered
d) balmy

hesitated; wavered
a) instinct
b) retorted
c) faltered
d) receded

showing contempt or hatred for
a) elated
b) exasperated
c) galling
d) scornful

joyful
a) rueful
b) scornful
c) elated
d) melancholy

diminished; became less in value or quality
a) venture
b) retorted
c) tangent
d) receded

natural behavior
a) instinct
b) venture
c) self-deprecation
d) faltered

irritated; annoyed
a) balmy
b) exasperated
c) scornful
d) instinct

showing pity or sympathy
a) scornful
b) galling
c) melancholy
d) rueful

a change of course
a) tangent
b) instinct
c) faltered
d) receded

relaxing weather with a comfortable temperature
a) tangent
b) retorted
c) balmy
d) rueful

to put oneself down; reduce in importance
a) galling
b) self-deprecation
c) elated
d) venture

replied in anger
a) retorted
b) rueful
c) melancholy
d) tangent

depression; sadness
a) balmy
b) exasperated
c) self-deprecation
d) melancholy

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