- puerile
a. an infant
b.a ten year old who has never been given responsibility
c. a thirty-four year old with too much responsibility
d.an elderly woman - irascible
a. someone who just found out he has a rare disease
b.someone who just inherited a farm with 200 acres
c. someone who has just bumped into an old acquaintance, whom
she would rather not have seen, from high school
d.someone waiting for his airplane to take off, only to be told four
hours later that his flight has been canceled and his luggage has
been lost - saturnine
a. someone who just won the lottery
b.someone who has just fallen in love
c. someone who has just had a loved one end a relationship
d.someone who is sleeping
Match the personality traits and attitudes listed in Column A to the
descriptions in Column B.
Column A Column B
At a party, a ____ person would most likely be:
56.bumptious
57.churlish
58.diffident
59.gregarious
60.pretentious
a. sitting alone in a corner.
b. talking comfortably with a
large group of people.
c. trying to impress others by
telling them everything he or
she knows about any given
subject.
d. making ill-mannered and rude
remarks.
e. talking condescendingly to
others.