Test #9 vocab and terms

Question 1

aficionado

Answer 1

an enthusiastic fan or admirer. I happen to be an _____________ of the opera, and I love art museums.

Question 2

alchemy

Answer 2

medieval chemistry; attempt to change base metal into gold. She manages, by some extraordinary _________ to turn the most ordinary of ingredients into the most delicious of dishes

Question 3

ambiance

Answer 3

mood, feeling; general atmosphere.The ______ is celebratory and relaxed; the clients, a little sleepy-eyed and very mellow.

Question 4

Avatar

Answer 4

n icon or figure representing a particular person. Kids can choose Mickey Mouse or one of his friends to be their _______ during game play

Question 5

bourgeois

Answer 5

a member of the middle class “In America, the traditional _________ family consists of two parents, two children, and a family pet

Question 6

Chaparral

Answer 6

a growth of shrubs or trees

Question 7

cognoscente

Answer 7

expert, a person having a superior knowledge of a field. Because she studied dolphins for years she was a __________in dolphins.

Question 8

connoisseur

Answer 8

someone whos an expert and valued, more judge. Louis is a __________ of fine art and rarely misses an exhibit at the art museum

Question 9

dilettante

Answer 9

a person whose interest in an art or in an area of knowledge is not very serious. When it comes to learning how to play the guitar, my daughter is a __________ who will practice one day but not the next day.

Question 10

imbroglio

Answer 10

a difficult and embarrassing situation. How can we end this _______ caused by the resort double booking our cabin?

Question 11

juggernaut

Answer 11

a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force , unable to be stopped. Because our football team has gone undefeated for two years, our competitors view us as a ________

Question 12

junta

Answer 12

an armed group that comes into power by using force. Armed with the newest weapons, the _______ faced little to no resistance as it drove out the government

Question 13

Malaise

Answer 13

NOUN feeling of unease, depression or discomfort. After his dog died, the lonely old man experienced ________ for several months.

Question 14

Nirvana

Answer 14

NOUN; a place of peace and happiness. Under the psychologist’s care, I was able to look past my recent abuse and recall the gleeful _________ of my youth

Question 15

peccadillo

Answer 15

NOUN small mistake or fault Because Josh had grown tired of Patty’s criticism of every little _________, he asked her for a divorce

Question 16

raconteur

Answer 16

NOUN; good at telling stories. The kindergarten teacher was an excellent _____________ who had no problem keeping her young charges engaged with her stories

Question 17

vignette

Answer 17

a short scene or story, but meaningful. In my short film class, I shot a ___________ about the life of a homeless teenager

Question 18

virtuoso

Answer 18

skilled at something. we sat in amazement as the young prodigy delivered a piano performance that revealed his unstoppable future as a _________

Question 19

Metonymy

Answer 19

Use a word to represent related things ( “the bottle-alcohol, “counting heads”- counting people)

Question 20

Anaphora

Answer 20

BEGINNING- repetition is at the beginning of the sentence.

Question 21

Epistrophe

Answer 21

END- repetition at the end of the sentence

Question 22

malapropism

Answer 22

a word misused , not used in proper way