HPAT vocabulary Exam Q’s and A’s
Scornful - -Feeling or expressing contempt or derision
-Contempt - -The feeling that a person or thing is worthless/beneath consideration
-Derision - -Contemptuous ridicule or mockery
-Exuberant - -Full of energy/excitement
-Assertive - -Having or showing a confident/forceful personality
-Managing - -Having executive control or authority
-Curt - -Rudely brief
-Moral - -Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour
-Caress - -Verb: To touch or stroke gently/lovingly
Noun: A gentle/loving touch
-Repress - -To subdue a person or thing by force
-Subdue - -Overcome/quieten/bring under control
-Alleviate - -Make suffering/deficiency/a problem less severe
-Calculating - -Acting in a scheming and ruthless determined way
-Resilient - -Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions
-Evasive - -Tending to avoid commitment or self revelation, especially by responding only
indirectly
-Self-revelation - -Disclosure of ones private feelings, thoughts, etc.
-Permutation - -The act of arranging all the members of a set into some sequence or order,
or,
if the set is already ordered; rearranging/reordering its elements - permuting
-Prevail - -Prove more powerful or superior
-Superimpose - -Place or lay (one thing) over another, typically so that both are still
evident
, -Apprehensive - -Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen
-Prevail - -Prove more powerful or superior
-Superimpose - -Place or lay (one thing) over another, typically so that both are still
evident
-Affable - -Friendly
Good natured
Easy to talk to
-Aglow - -Glowing
-Ailing - -To cause pain or trouble
To suffer bad health
-Alienated - -Feeling isolated or estranged
-Amiable - -Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner
-Amicable - -Having a spirit of friendliness
-Ardent - -Enthusiastic
Passionate
Caring
-Blithe - -Carefree
Happy
Light-hearted
-Buoyant - -Happy
Confident
-Cherishing - -Protecting and caring for someone lovingly
-Compassionate - -Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others
Scornful - -Feeling or expressing contempt or derision
-Contempt - -The feeling that a person or thing is worthless/beneath consideration
-Derision - -Contemptuous ridicule or mockery
-Exuberant - -Full of energy/excitement
-Assertive - -Having or showing a confident/forceful personality
-Managing - -Having executive control or authority
-Curt - -Rudely brief
-Moral - -Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour
-Caress - -Verb: To touch or stroke gently/lovingly
Noun: A gentle/loving touch
-Repress - -To subdue a person or thing by force
-Subdue - -Overcome/quieten/bring under control
-Alleviate - -Make suffering/deficiency/a problem less severe
-Calculating - -Acting in a scheming and ruthless determined way
-Resilient - -Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions
-Evasive - -Tending to avoid commitment or self revelation, especially by responding only
indirectly
-Self-revelation - -Disclosure of ones private feelings, thoughts, etc.
-Permutation - -The act of arranging all the members of a set into some sequence or order,
or,
if the set is already ordered; rearranging/reordering its elements - permuting
-Prevail - -Prove more powerful or superior
-Superimpose - -Place or lay (one thing) over another, typically so that both are still
evident
, -Apprehensive - -Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen
-Prevail - -Prove more powerful or superior
-Superimpose - -Place or lay (one thing) over another, typically so that both are still
evident
-Affable - -Friendly
Good natured
Easy to talk to
-Aglow - -Glowing
-Ailing - -To cause pain or trouble
To suffer bad health
-Alienated - -Feeling isolated or estranged
-Amiable - -Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner
-Amicable - -Having a spirit of friendliness
-Ardent - -Enthusiastic
Passionate
Caring
-Blithe - -Carefree
Happy
Light-hearted
-Buoyant - -Happy
Confident
-Cherishing - -Protecting and caring for someone lovingly
-Compassionate - -Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others
