1rst Vocab Set

Question 0

Conserve

Answer 0

Verb
Keep from waste,loss,or decay; save
Ex. One way to conserve water is to repair leaking faucets.

Question 1

Ameliorate

Answer 1

Verb
Be become better;make better;improve
Ex. We expected business conditions to ameliorate but they grew worse.

Question 2

Detriment

Answer 2

Noun
Injury, damage, or something that causes it;disadvantage
Ex. Skipping meals can be a detriment to your health.

Question 3

Exotic

Answer 3

Adjective
Introduced from another country; foreign
Ex. The Chrysanthemum is an exotic plant; it was introduced from the Orient.

Question 4

Folly

Answer 4

Noun
Lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking
Ex. It is folly to go on a long drive with a nearly empty gas tank.

Question 5

Allegory

Answer 5

A prose or poetic narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the setting demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and signifigance

Question 6

Alliteration

Answer 6

The sequential repetition of a similar initial sound, usually applied to consonants, usually heard in closely proximate syllables

Question 7

Allusion

Answer 7

A reference to a literary or historical event person or place.

Question 8

Anapestic

Answer 8

A metrical foot in poetry that consists of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed

Question 9

Anaphora

Answer 9

The regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning I a successive phrases or clauses.