AP Vocabulary Quiz 7

Question 1

Reprove

Answer 1

ℹDef: Reprimand or censure (someone). 🔵Part Of Speech: Verb.

Question 2

Concede

Answer 2

ℹDef: Admit that something is true or valid after first denying or resisting it./Admit (defeat) in a contest./Admit defeat in (a contest).(2)Surrender or yield (something that one possesses)./Grant (a right, privilege, or demand)./(in sports) Fail to prevent the scoring of (a goal or point) by an opponent./Allow (a lead or advantage) to slip.🔵 Part Of Speech: Verb.

Question 3

Extort

Answer 3

ℹDef: Obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means. 🔵Part Of Speech: Verb.

Question 4

Disperses

Answer 4

ℹDef: Distribute or spread over a wide area./Go or cause to go in different directions or to different destinations./(with reference to gas, smoke, mist, or cloud) Thin out or cause to thin out and disappear. 🔵Part Of Speech: Verb.

Question 5

Contemptuous

Answer 5

ℹDef: Showing contempt; scornful. 🔵Part Of Speech: Adjective.

Question 6

Bequest

Answer 6

ℹDef: A legacy./The action of bequeathing something. 🔵Part Of Speech: Noun.

Question 7

Prowess

Answer 7

ℹDef: Skill or expertise in a particular activity or field.(2) Bravery in battle. 🔵Part Of Speech: Noun.

Question 8

Temporal

Answer 8

ℹDef: Relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular.(2) Relating to time. 🔵Part Of Speech: Adjective.

Question 9

Capacity

Answer 9

ℹDef: The maximum amount that something can contain./Fully occupying the available area or space./The amount that something can produce./The total cylinder volume that is swept by the pistons in an internal combustion engine./Former term for capacitance.(2) The ability or power to do, experience, or understand something.(3) A specified role or position. 🔵Part Of Speech: Noun.

Question 10

Pestilence

Answer 10

ℹDef: A fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague. 🔵Part Of Speech: Noun.

Question 11

Free Verse

Answer 11

ℹDef: Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter. 🔵Part Of Speech: Noun.

Question 12

Hyperbole

Answer 12

ℹDef: Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. 🔵Part Of Speech: Noun.

Question 13

In Medias Res

Answer 13

ℹDef: Into the middle of a narrative; without preamble./into the midst of things. 🔵Part Of Speech: Adverb.

Question 14

Irony

Answer 14

ℹDef: A literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character’s words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character. 🔵Part Of Speech: Noun.

Question 15

Juxtaposition

Answer 15

ℹDef: The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. 🔵Part Of Speech: Noun.