3/27 Vocab

Question 1

Cryptic

Answer 1

Mysterious in meaning; puzzling

Question 2

Alackaday

Answer 2

Interjection of sorrow or dismay

Question 3

Diminution

Answer 3

Process of diminishing; lessening

Question 4

Magnetism

Answer 4

Strong attractive power or charm

Question 5

Premonition

Answer 5

Feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event

Question 6

Aplomb

Answer 6

Imperturbable self-possession or assurance

Question 7

Mendacity

Answer 7

The quality of being untruthful; a tendency to lie

Question 8

Banality

Answer 8

The quality of being devoid of freshness or originality

Question 9

Ephemeral

Answer 9

Lasting a very short time; short-lived

Question 10

Asphyxiate

Answer 10

To cause to die or lose consciousness by impairing breathing

Question 11

Pygmy

Answer 11

Small or dwarfish person

Question 12

Taciturn

Answer 12

Inclined to silence; reserved in speech

Question 13

Circuitous

Answer 13

Roundabout; not direct

Question 14

Abscond

Answer 14

To depart in a sudden and secret manner

Question 15

Beauteous

Answer 15

Poetic word for beautiful

Question 16

Trudge

Answer 16

To walk laboriously/wearily

Question 17

(R)

Mysterious in meaning; puzzling

Answer 17

Cryptic

Question 18

(R)

Interjection of sorrow or dismay

Answer 18

Alackaday

Question 19

(R)

Process of diminishing; lessening

Answer 19

Diminution

Question 20

(R)

Strong attractive power or charm

Answer 20

Magnetism

Question 21

(R)

Feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event

Answer 21

Premonition

Question 22

(R)

Imperturbable self-possession or assurance

Answer 22

Aplomb

Question 23

(R)

The quality of being untruthful; a tendency to lie

Answer 23

Mendacity

Question 24

(R)

The quality of being devoid of freshness or originality

Answer 24

Banality

Question 25

# (R) Lasting a very short time; short-lived

Answer 25

Ephemeral

Question 26

# (R) To cause to die or lose consciousness by impairing breathing

Answer 26

Asphyxiate

Question 27

# (R) Small or dwarfish person

Answer 27

Pygmy

Question 28

# (R) Inclined to silence; reserved in speech

Answer 28

Taciturn

Question 29

# (R) Roundabout; not direct

Answer 29

Circuitous

Question 30

# (R) To depart in a sudden and secret manner

Answer 30

Abscond

Question 31

# (R) Poetic word for beautiful

Answer 31

Beauteous

Question 32

# (R) To walk laboriously/wearily

Answer 32

Trudge

Question 33

Synecdoche

Answer 33

A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part

Question 34

Style

Answer 34

A particular type with reference to form or character

Question 35

Tautology

Answer 35

Needless repetition of an idea without imparting additional force or clearness

Question 36

Understatement

Answer 36

Act of stating something in restrained terms

Question 37

# (R) A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part

Answer 37

Synecdoche

Question 38

# (R) A particular type with reference to form or character

Answer 38

Style

Question 39

# (R) Needless repetition of an idea without imparting additional force or clearness

Answer 39

Tautology

Question 40

# (R) Act of stating something in restrained terms

Answer 40

Understatement