Vocab 4

Question 1

appropriate or suitable in the circumstances.

Answer 1

apt

Question 2

evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.

Answer 2

poignant

Question 3

overly concerned with minute details or formalisms

Answer 3

pedantic

Question 4

a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.

Answer 4

antithesis

Question 5

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

Answer 5

anaphora

Question 6

lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

Answer 6

apathy

Question 7

(of language) open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.

Answer 7

ambiguous

Question 8

required by law or a rule; obligatory.

Answer 8

compulsory

Question 9

to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties

Answer 9

contend

Question 10

(of a person) generous or doing good.

Answer 10

beneficent

Question 11

the quality in a sound of being deep, full, and reverberating.

Answer 11

resonance

Question 12

not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered; final.

Answer 12

irrevocable

Question 13

based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed.

Answer 13

conventional

Question 14

perfect happiness; great joy.

Answer 14

bliss

Question 15

of or relating to a perfect or ideal existence

Answer 15

utopian