2/27/14 Vocab

Question 1

Postern

Answer 1

A back door or gate

Question 2

Periodic Sentence

Answer 2

A suspenseful sentence with its main clause at the end

Question 3

Polysyndeton

Answer 3

The use of a number of conjunctions in close succession

Question 4

Reptition

Answer 4

The act or instance of repeating; replication

Question 5

Sarcasm

Answer 5

Harsh derision or irony

Question 6

Trestle

Answer 6

A frame typically composed of a horizontal bar

Question 7

Destrier

Answer 7

War-horse

Question 8

Verdant

Answer 8

Green with vegetation

Question 9

Rawhide

Answer 9

Untanned skin of cattle or other animals

Question 10

Lanky

Answer 10

Ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony

Question 11

Gilt

Answer 11

Gold in color

Question 12

Alackaday

Answer 12

Interjection of sorry or dismay

Question 13

Rotgut

Answer 13

Cheap and inferior liquor

Question 14

Melodious

Answer 14

Characterized by melody; tuneful

Question 15

Sardonic

Answer 15

Characterized by bitter or scornful derision; cynical

Question 16

Disconsolate

Answer 16

Without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy

Question 17

Reverie

Answer 17

A state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing

Question 18

Haunch

Answer 18

Fleshy part of the body about the hip

Question 19

Tarpaulin

Answer 19

Protective covering of a canvas

Question 20

Personfication

Answer 20

The representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person

Question 21

(R)

A back door or gate

Answer 21

Postern

Question 22

(R)

A suspenseful sentence with its main clause at the end

Answer 22

Periodic Sentence

Question 23

(R)

The use of a number of conjunctions in close succession

Answer 23

Polysyndeton

Question 24

(R)

The act or instance of repeating; replication

Answer 24

Reptition

Question 25

# (R) Harsh derision or irony

Answer 25

Sarcasm

Question 26

# (R) A frame typically composed of a horizontal bar

Answer 26

Trestle

Question 27

# (R) War-horse

Answer 27

Destrier

Question 28

# (R) Green with vegetation

Answer 28

Verdant

Question 29

# (R) Untanned skin of cattle or other animals

Answer 29

Rawhide

Question 30

# (R) Ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony

Answer 30

Lanky

Question 31

# (R) Gold in color

Answer 31

Gilt

Question 32

# (R) Interjection of sorry or dismay

Answer 32

Alackaday

Question 33

# (R) Cheap and inferior liquor

Answer 33

Rotgut

Question 34

# (R) Characterized by melody; tuneful

Answer 34

Melodious

Question 35

# (R) Characterized by bitter or scornful derision; cynical

Answer 35

Sardonic

Question 36

# (R) Without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy

Answer 36

Disconsolate

Question 37

# (R) A state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing

Answer 37

Reverie

Question 38

# (R) Fleshy part of the body about the hip

Answer 38

Haunch

Question 39

# (R) Protective covering of a canvas

Answer 39

Tarpaulin

Question 40

# (R) The representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person

Answer 40

Personfication