Quest/Adv. Lit. Vocab (7th Quiz)

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adj., outgoing; sociable	Gregarious
n., high spirits; invigoration; excitement	Exhilaration
n., an inheritance from one's father or ancestors; any heritage or legacy	Patrimony
adj., too ready to please, praise, or obey; servile; fawning	Obsequious
n., politeness; courtesy; a polite action	Civility
adj., closely related to the matter at hand; pertinent; to the point	Germane
adj., paying attention to the fine details of etiquette; meticulous; scrupulous; very exact	Punctilious
n., someone who is an expert in some field, especially in art or in matters of taste	Connoisseur
n., a minor weakness of fault; a minor but persistent personal failing; a shortcoming	Foible
adj., showing unusually early development; mature or advanced for one's age	Precocious
n., a pouring forth; an unrestrained expression of feeling in talking or writing	Effusion
adj., complaining; faultfinding peevish	Querulous
adj., very lenient; not strict enough; making allowances	Indulgent
n., an open, intentional insult	Affront
v., to insult openly; to offend	Affront
adj., favorable; favorably inclined	Propitious
adj., extremely generous; very liberal and lavish in giving	Munificent
n., a loud or coarse burst of laughter; a horselaugh	Guffaw
v., to laugh loudly or coarsely	Guffaw
n., a person who amuses people with tricks, pranks, and jokes; a clown	Buffoon
v., to surrender on certain terms; to give up; to yield; to stop resisting	Capitulate
adj., noble in spirit; generous in forgiving; unselfish; rising above petty, mean concerns	Magnanimous

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