Vocab

Question 1

Contempt

Answer 1

Showing disrespect

Question 2

Evocative

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Bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind

Question 3

Alleviate

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To lessen

Question 4

Implicit

Answer 4

What is implied

Question 5

Ambiguous

Answer 5

Unclear

Question 6

Eloquent

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Well spoken

Question 7

Tenacity

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Determined and persistent

Question 8

Parralelism

Answer 8

The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose

Question 9

Precarious

Answer 9

Unstable or dangerous

Question 10

Fortitude

Answer 10

Courage in pain or adversity

Question 11

Vanity

Answer 11

Excessive pride in or admiration of one’s own appearance or achievements

Question 12

Humility

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Humble, not proud or arrogant

Question 13

Reproach

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To accuse someone of something

Disapproval or dissapoinment

Question 14

Paragon

Answer 14

Model of excellence

Question 15

Fecundity

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Fruitful or abundant

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Boisterous

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Noisy, roundy rough

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Disconcerting

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Feeling unsettled, upsetting

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Engenders

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To produce something

Question 19

Malign

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To talk badly about someone or something

Question 20

Mundane

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Boring

Question 21

Disdain

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Showing disrespect

Question 22

Arbitrary

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Weird random

Question 23

Complacent

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Satisfied with the bare minimum

Question 24

Allusion

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To indirectly refer to something

Question 25

Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds

Question 26

Apostrophe

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Addressing the absent as if present or the inanimate as if animate

Question 27

Litotes

Answer 27

An understatement

Question 28

Synechdoce

Answer 28

A part is used to represent a whole

Question 29

Dissonance

Answer 29

Language which is rough and unmusical is sound

Question 30

Metonymy

Answer 30

A figure of speech in which one term is substituted for another closely related

Question 31

Paradox

Answer 31

A group of words that appear ro contrast but actually make sense

Question 32

Juxtaposition

Answer 32

A group of words that contrast

Question 33

Antithesis

Answer 33

Two words that contrast

Question 34

Denotative

Answer 34

What word means according to its dictionary definition

Question 35

Antecedent

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Which precedes or comes before

Question 36

Archtype

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A model that has typical qualities

Question 37

Cacaphony

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Harsh sounding words

Question 38

Colloquial

Answer 38

Informal speech

Question 39

Euphimism

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Mild words that are used in place of harsh ones

Question 40

Epilogue

Answer 40

The closing speech at the end of a play

Question 41

Foil

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A character that contrasts strongly with another

Question 42

Rhetoric

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Different ways of arguing

Question 43

Subjective

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Biased

Question 44

Trite

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A negative overly simplistic characteristic

Question 45

Altruistic

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Unselfish

Question 46

Ambivalent

Answer 46

Having mixed feelings

Question 47

Apathetic

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Showing or feeling no interest or concern

Question 48

Apoplectic

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Overcome with anger

Question 49

Assiduously

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Showing great care and perseverance

Question 50

Banal

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Lacking originality and boring

Question 51

Bemused

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Puzzled and confused

Question 52

Benevolence

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Well meaning and kindly

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Callous

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Cruel disregard for others

Question 54

Clairvoyance

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A person who claims to have supernatural ability

Question 55

Congenial

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A person who is pleasant because of personality

Question 56

Despondancy

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A state of low spirits caused by loss of hope

Question 57

Dubious

Answer 57

Hesitating or doubting

Question 58

Effusive

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Expressing feeling of gratitude or pleasure and approval

Question 59

Enthralled

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Capture the fascinated attention of

Question 60

Exodus

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The mass departure of people

Question 61

Falliability

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The tendency to make mistakes or be wrong

Question 62

Feigning

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Pretend to be affected by

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Flippant

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Not showing a serious or respectful attitude

Question 64

Gaudy

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Extravagantly bright or showy

Question 65

Haughy

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Being arrogantly superior or disdainful

Question 66

Heedlessness

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Forgetting or ignoring one's responsibilities

Question 67

Impasse

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A situation in which no progress is possible

Question 68

Infalliability

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Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong

Question 69

Incongruity

Answer 69

Out of place

Question 70

Insolent

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A rude lack of respect

Question 71

Petulance

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Childishly sulky

Question 72

Salve

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To soothe

Question 73

Slipshod

Answer 73

Lack of care

Question 74

Subvert

Answer 74

Undermine authority