semester one vocab quiz (lit)

Question 1

adumbrate

Answer 1

1. to foreshadow in a indirect way

2. to outline in a sketchy way; to partially disclose

Question 2

apothegm

Answer 2

a short; instructive saying. an idiom.

Question 3

internecine

Answer 3

1. marked by slaughter; mutually destructive

2. relating to conflict within a group

Question 4

invoke

Answer 4

1. to appeal to earnestly

2. to cite in justification

Question 5

ascetic

Answer 5

(adj) refraining from self-indulgence

(n) a person who practices self-denial

Question 6

charlatan

Answer 6

(n) one who claim false knowledge or ability

Question 7

trenchant

Answer 7

(adj) expressed with vigor and penetrating insight; keenly perspective

Question 8

obdurate

Answer 8

(adj) 1. resistant to persuasion; inflexible.

2. perdita to in wrong doing.