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READING
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Placidly | Pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed |
| Rubicund | Red or reddish; ruddy |
| Proffered | To put before a person for acceptance; offer |
| Doughty | Steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant |
| Fakir | A Muslim or Hindu religious person or monk commonly considered a wonder worker |
| Doggedly | Persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious |
| Talismen | Anything whose presence exercises a remarkable or powerful influence on human feelings or actions |
| Maligned | To speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame |
| Antimacassar | A small covering, usually ornamental, placed on the back and arms of upholstered furniture to prevent wear or soiling |
| Dubiously | Of doubtful quality or propriety; questionable |
| Credulity | Willingness to believe or trust too readily especially without proper or adequate evidence; gulibility |
| Marred | To damage or spoilt to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, useful, etc.; impair or spoil |
| Frivolous | Characterized by lack of seriousness or sense |
| Avaricious | Characterized by avarice; greedy; covertous |
| Apathy | Absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement |
| Scarcely | Barely; hardly; not quite |
| Resounded | Uttered loudly |
| Fusillade | A general discharge or outpouring of anything |