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*Vocab Ch.2*
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| arouse hopes that will be frustrated | tantalize (tan-tuh-lize) |
| cmplex, intricate network of passages;complicated situation;maze | labyrinth (lab-uh-rinth) |
| unprincipled and crafty | Machiavellian (mak-ee-uh-vel-ee-un) |
| brief, concise | laconic (luh-kon-ik) |
| excessively sentimental | maudlin (mawd-lin) |
| startle, excite, shock, electrify | galvanize (gal-vuh-nize) |
| lazy, sluggish, lacking energy | lethargic (luh-thar-jik) |
| exclude from society, refuse to associate with, banish | ostracize (os-truh-size) |
| liking the company of others; sociable | gregarious (gruh-gair-ee-us) |
| outstandingly bad | egregious (ih-gree-jus) |
| seemingly true or genuine but actually false; misleading | specious (spee-shus) |
| looking back at the past | retrospective (re-truh-spek-tiv) |
| looking inward at one's own thoughts and feelings | introspective (in-truh-spek-tiv) |
| cautious, watchful, careful | circumspect (sir-kum-spekt) |
| expected, likely, potential | prospective (pruh-spek-tiv) |