1. Awe Bitter Copious Deprecate Derisive Didactic Ebb Fanciful Guile Haughty Incredulous Indigent Lucid Paucity Taciturn Tawdry Urbane Test on 10/29 (B-day) and 10/30 (A-day)

2. sophisticated, courteous urbane

3. Plentiful, (a lot of) copious

4. gaudy and cheap (tacky) tawdry

5. to express disapproval of deprecate

6. uncommunicative, untalkative taciturn

7. scarce (not a lot of) paucity

8. Crafty deceit; cunning; dishonesty guile

9. clear-minded, easily understood lucid

10. decline, diminish ebb

11. poverty-stricken indigent

12. solemn wonder awe

13. proud and vain (stuck up) haughty

14. exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief bitter

15. disbelieving incredulous

16. mocking, ridiculing (making fun of) derisive

17. using the imagination fanciful

18. author attempts to educate or instruct the reader didactic