$20 Dollar Words

Question 1

homologize

Answer 1

To make or show to be corresponding.

Question 2

exiguous

Answer 2

Scanty; meager; small

Question 3

perpend

Answer 3

To consider; to deliberate.

Question 4

illume

Answer 4

To make clear.

Question 5

erudiate

Answer 5

To educate or instruct.

Question 6

concatenate

Answer 6

To link together; unite in a series or chain.

Question 7

fugacious

Answer 7

Fleeting; transitory.

Question 8

exigent

Answer 8

Requiring immediate action or aid; urgent; pressing.

Question 9

roman-fleuve

Answer 9

A saga.

Question 10

adduce

Answer 10

To bring forward in argument as evidence; cite as pertinent or conclusive.

Question 11

sedulous

Answer 11

Diligent in application or attention; persevering.

Question 12

euphuism

Answer 12

Any ornate style of writing or speaking; high-flown, periphrastic language.

Question 13

catachresis

Answer 13

Misuse or strained use of words, as in a mixed metaphor, occurring either in error or for rhetorical effect.

Question 14

inveigh

Answer 14

To protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; rail (usually followed by against).

Question 15

adumbrate

Answer 15

To foreshadow; prefigure.

Question 16

fatuous

Answer 16

Unreal; illusory.

Question 17

promulgate

Answer 17

To make know by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.)

Question 18

paralipsis

Answer 18

The suggestion, by deliberately concise treatment of a topic, that much of significance is being omitted

Question 19

tautology

Answer 19

Needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness.