AP Vocabulary Quiz 4

Question 1

Resolute

Answer 1

ℹDef: admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering.🔵Part Of Speech: Adjective.🔵Ex:

Question 2

Vehemently

Answer 2

ℹDef: In a forceful, passionate, or intense manner; with great feeling. 🔵Part Of Speech: Adverb. 🔵Ex:

Question 3

Infallible

Answer 3

ℹDef: Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong./Never failing; always effective./(in the Roman Catholic Church) Credited with papal infallibility. 🔵Part Of Speech: Adjective. 🔵Ex:

Question 4

Furled(Present Tense: Furl)

Answer 4

ℹDef: Roll or fold up and secure neatly (a flag, sail, umbrella, or other piece of fabric)./Become rolled up; curl. 🔵Part Of Speech: Verb. 🔵Ex:

Question 5

Lavish

Answer 5

ℹDef: Sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious./(of a person) Very generous or extravagant./Spent or given in profusion.(1)Bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities upon./Cover something thickly or liberally with. 🔵Part Of Speech: Adjective, Verb. 🔵Ex:

Question 6

Assail

Answer 6

ℹDef: Make a concerted or violent attack on./(of an unpleasant feeling or physical sensation) Come upon (someone) suddenly and strongly./Criticize (someone) strongly. 🔵Part Of Speech: Verb. 🔵Ex:

Question 7

Extolled ( Present Tense: Extol)

Answer 7

ℹDef: Praise enthusiastically. 🔵Part Of Speech: Verb. 🔵Ex:

Question 8

Blank Verse

Answer 8

ℹDef: Verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.🔵Part Of Speech: Noun.

Question 9

Caesura

Answer 9

ℹDef: (in Greek and Latin verse) A break between words within a metrical foot./(in modern verse) A pause near the middle of a line./Any interruption or break. 🔵Part Of Speech: Noun.

Question 10

Caricature

Answer 10

ℹDef: A picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect./A ludicrous or grotesque version of someone or something.(1)Make or give a comically or grotesquely exaggerated representation of (someone or something). 🔵Part Of Speech: Noun, Verb.

Question 11

Chiasmus

Answer 11

ℹDef: A rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form; e.g. ‘Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.’.🔵Part Of Speech: Noun.

Question 12

Colloquial

Answer 12

ℹDef: (of language) Used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary. 🔵Part Of Speech: Adjective.