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Vocabulary Quiz</h1> <dl> <dt>Question: Before we went to her house, Hannah told us her aunt was a <i>flibbertigibbet</i>.</dt> <dd>Answer: A <em>flibbertigibbet</em> is “a silly flighty person.” It is a word of onomatopoeic origins, created from sounds meant to resemble idle chatter.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: People who worked with him generally considered Deshaun a computer <i>maven</i>.</dt> <dd>Answer: Originating from Yiddish and Late Hebrew, <em>maven</em> means “one who is experienced or knowledgeable.”</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: During the war, Tony’s grandpa earned a reputation as a <i>quisling</i>.</dt> <dd>Answer: Synonymous with <em>traitor</em> and <em>collaborator</em>, <em>quisling</em> comes from Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian army officer who encouraged Adolf Hitler to occupy Norway.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: The billionaire’s <i>magnanimity</i> was a frequent topic on social media.</dt> <dd>Answer: <em>Magnanimity</em> is “loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity.”</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: Darla thought her daughter’s new boyfriend was certainly <i>urbane</i>.</dt> <dd>Answer: <em>Urbane</em> means “notably polite or polished in manner” and comes from the same root word as <em>urban</em> (“of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a city”).</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: Kelly reconnected with her old friend and was surprised she’d become a <i>reprobate</i>.</dt> <dd>Answer: <em>Reprobate</em> was originally used in religious contexts, but now it can be used to describe anyone who is “an unprincipled or depraved person.”</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: Yasmin was <i>ornery</i> when it came to schoolwork.</dt> <dd>Answer: <em>Ornery</em> means “having an irritable disposition” or “difficult to deal with or control.” The word comes from <em>ordinary</em> and was used to describe things that were common or of inferior quality. Later it came to mean “lazy” and became associated with being easily agitated.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: The marble statue had a <i>callipygian</i> quality. </dt> <dd>Answer: <em>Callipygian</em> means “having shapely buttocks.”</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: Oscar could hear his wife’s <i>dulcet</i> tones emanating from the shower.</dt> <dd>Answer: <em>Dulcet</em> means “pleasing to the ear,” as well as “sweet to the taste,” and can be applied to most things generally pleasing, such as a smile.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>Question: The old man was <i>congenial</i> with just about everyone on the bus.</dt> <dd>Answer: <em>Congenial</em> is synonymous with <em>pleasant</em> and <em>sociable</em>. According to ancient mythology, each person was thought to be assigned at birth a spiritual guardian, called a <em>genius</em> in Latin. 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