Vocab 3

Question 1

Bereft

Answer 1

deprived of or lacking something. Example: Her room was stark and bereft of color

Question 2

Prescient

Answer 2

having knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight. Example: the prescient economist was one of the few to see the financial collapse coming

Question 3

Assonance

Answer 3

The use of words with similar vowel sounds but with different end consonants.

Question 4

Consonance

Answer 4

The use of words with similar consonant sounds but with different vowels.

Question 5

Mercurial

Answer 5

(of a person) subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind. Example: The solider was a bit mercurial.

Question 6

Cogitate

Answer 6

to think hard; ponder; meditate.

Question 7

Picayune

Answer 7

1) of little value; small; trifling. 2) petty, carping or prejudiced.

Question 8

Ennui

Answer 8

a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction

Question 9

Verily

Answer 9

In truth, indeed, truly, certainly.