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KEY: 1–indefatigability, 2–perspicacity, 3–stoicism, 4–urbanity, 5–naïveté, 6–incredulity,
7–incredibility, 8–perspicuity, 9–magnanimity, 10–pusillanimity

CHAPTER REVIEW

A. Do you recognize the words?

1. Tireless:

(a) convivial, (b) indefatigable, (c) versatile
2. Frank, unsophisticated:
(a) ingenuous, (b) ingenious, (c) intrepid

3. Unflinching, uncomplaining:
(a) perspicacious, (b) urbane, (c) stoical
4. Noble, forgiving, generous:

(a) pusillanimous, (b) unanimous, (c) magnanimous
5. Between cities:

(a) interurban, (b) intraurban, (c) exurban
6. Giving birth to live young:
(a) oviparous, (b) ovulation, (c) viviparous
7. Tedium, boredom:

(a) ennui, (b) joie de vivre, (c) vitality
8. Connoisseur of choice food:

(a) gourmet, (b) gourmand, (c) glutton
9. Inexperienced in the ways of the world:
(a) credulous, (b) naïve, (c) credible
10. Easily tricked:

(a) gullible, (b) incredulous, (c) ingenious
11. Backward look:

(a) prospect, (b) retrospect, (c) introspection
12. Clearness:
(a) perspicacity, (b) perspicuity, (c) intrepidity

13. Resentment:
(a) animosity, (b) stoicism, (c) urbanity
14. Countrified:

(a) rustic, (b) specious, (c) circumspect