Vocab 1: Unit 1

Question 1

Blithe

Answer 1

Joyous, merry, or gay in disposition

Question 2

Conciliatory

Answer 2

To end a disagreement

Question 3

Delineate

Answer 3

To clearly show or describe; outline

Question 4

Dissonance

Answer 4

Harsh in sound

Question 5

Engender

Answer 5

To cause or give rise to a situation

Question 6

Gesticulate

Answer 6

To use gestures

Question 7

Gratuitous

Answer 7

Given or done free of charge

Question 8

Interlocutor

Answer 8

A person who takes part in dialogue

Question 9

Modicum

Answer 9

A small quantity of a desired thing

Question 10

Nascent

Answer 10

Beginning to exist or develop

Question 11

Prevaricate

Answer 11

Speak or act in an evasive (avoidant) way

Question 12

Quixotic

Answer 12

Unrealistic

Question 13

Stanch

Answer 13

Stop or restrict blood flow from a wound

Question 14

Venerate

Answer 14

Regard with great respect

Question 15

Allegory

Answer 15

A story with a hidden meaning

Question 16

Colloquial

Answer 16

Used in ordinary conversation

Question 17

Dialect

Answer 17

Language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group

Question 18

End-stopped

Answer 18

When a sentence goes on to the next line (poem)

Question 19

Enjambed

Answer 19

Ending a sentence that continues in the next

Question 20

Litotes

Answer 20

Stating a negative to mean something positive “you won’t be sorry”

Question 21

Meiosis

Answer 21

An intentional understatement

Question 22

Synesthesia

Answer 22

Meant to appeal to more than one sense

Question 23

Aesthetic

Answer 23

Set of principles governing the idea of beauty at a given time and place