Vocabulary

4. – taking delight in violence or cruelty; deriving pleasure from others’ pain (adjective, 29)
7. – to cry loudly, wail; to cry out loudly and unrestrainedly (verb, 275)
8. – behaving in a relaxed, confident, and pleasant way in social situations; smoothly though often superficially
9. – to not allow (someone) to be included in a group, to exclude (someone) from a group; to exclude from a group by common consent (verb, 6)
13. – relaxed and calm in a way that shows that you do not care or are not worried about anything; having an air of easy unconcern or indifference (adjective, 118)
14. – noisily turbulent, rowdy; marked by or expressive of exuberance and high spirits (adjective, 194-95)
15. – to make agitated and angry; to irritate or annoy (verb, 116)
16. – tediously uniform or unvarying; uttered or sounded in one unvarying tone (adjective, 48)

1. – the act or instance of turning aside, especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument (noun, 238)
2. – of, relating to, or being the second of two groups or things or the last of several groups or things referred to; coming or happening near the end of a process, activity, series, life, etc. (adjective, 16)
3. – very silly or stupid; empty, insubstantial; lacking significance, meaning, or point (adjective, 190)
5. – of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class; marked by a concern for material interests and respectability and a tendency toward mediocrity (adjective, 141)
6. – a feeling of doubt or uncertainty about whether you are doing the right thing (noun, 19-20)
10. – very careful about doing what you are supposed to do; governed by or conforming to the dictates of conscience; meticulous, careful (adjective, 71)
11. – not honest or fair; doing things that are wrong, dishonest, or illegal (adjective, 52)
12. – apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment; sophisticated, worldly-wise (adjective, 164-65)