AP Lit Quiz 4

Question 0

Anthropomorphic

Answer 0

Attribution to human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomenon

Question 1

Allegorical

Answer 1

Having the characteristics of a hidden meaning; they explain ideas and moral principles

Question 2

Chicanery

Answer 2

Deception by trickery or sophistry

Question 3

Dilatory

Answer 3

Intended to delay or postpone

Question 4

Effrontery

Answer 4

Brazen boldness, presumptuousness

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Insolent

Answer 5

Insulting in a manner or speech; arrogant; audaciously rude and disrespectful

Question 6

Magniloquent

Answer 6

Lofty and extravagant in speech

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Mendacious

Answer 7

Lying, false, untrue, untruthful

Question 8

Pedantic

Answer 8

Placing stress on minor or trivial points of learning; lacking in judgment or sense of proportion

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Polemic

Answer 9

Involving dispute; controversial; argumentative

Question 10

Portent

Answer 10

An indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; an omen

Question 11

Skulk

Answer 11

To lie in hiding, as out of cowardice or bad conscience, to lurk

Question 12

Staid

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Fixed and permanent

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Strident

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Loud, harsh, grating; discordant

Question 14

Surreptitious

Answer 14

Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means