Week 8 English Vocab Flashcards
1
Q
impractical , not realistic
A
infeasible
2
Q
behavior that is assumed by a person, but not genuinely felt
A
affectation
3
Q
excessively talkative
A
loquacious
4
Q
rumors about somebody’s activities or actions or gossip
A
scuttlebutt
5
Q
to repeal to cancel
A
rescind
6
Q
any of several narrow strips of wood placed edge to edge to form a tub or barrel or a verse or stanza of a poem or song
A
stave
7
Q
the same sound repeated over and over in a poem
A
alliteration
8
Q
suspension of activity
A
moratorium
9
Q
kinship, relationship ,attractive force, sympathy
A
affinity
10
Q
to condense or shorten
A
abridge
11
Q
flatter, admiration
A
adulation
