C, D, E, & F Voc 1-8 Review

Question 1

cesspool

Answer 1

an underground container for the temporary storage of liquid waste and sewage; dump

Question 2

conundrum

Answer 2

a confusing and difficult problem or question

Question 3

collective

Answer 3

done by people acting as a group

Question 4

coarse

Answer 4

rough or loose in texture or grain

Question 5

coarse POS?

Answer 5

ADJECTIVE - for it describes how something “feels” or the texture of something

Question 6

cacophony

Answer 6

a harsh discordant mixture of sounds

Question 7

concise

Answer 7

clearly but brief (in only a few words)

Question 8

cower

Answer 8

crouch down in fear

Question 9

coterie

Answer 9

group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose

Question 10

copious

Answer 10

abundant in quantity

Question 11

convulsion

Answer 11

a sudden, violent, irregular movement of a limb or of the body, caused by involuntary contraction of muscles and associated especially with brain disorders such as epilepsy

Question 12

dais

Answer 12

a platform or stage (seats of honor, or a throne)

Question 13

dystopian

Answer 13

an imagined state or society where there is great pain, suffering, and/or injustice.

Question 14

draconian

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(of laws or their application) excessively harsh and severe

Question 15

diction

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the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

Question 16

dulcet

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(especially of sound) sweet and soothing

Question 17

deign

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do something that one considers to be beneath one’s dignity

Question 18

deference

Answer 18

humble submission and respect

Question 19

dormant

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slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep.

Question 20

Eugenics

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the study of how to arrange reproduction within a human population to increase the occurrence of heritable characteristics regarded as desirable. Developed largely by Sir Francis Galton as a method of improving the human race, eugenics was increasingly discredited as unscientific and racially biased during the 20th century, especially after the adoption of its doctrines by the Nazis in order to justify their treatment of Jews, disabled people, and other minority groups

Question 21

expunge

Answer 21

efface or to delete

Question 22

emotive

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arousing or able to arouse intense feeling.

Question 23

emulate

Answer 23

match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.

Question 24

euphemism

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a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

Question 25

efface

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erase (a mark) from a surface or to expunge

Question 26

fraternity

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a group of people sharing a common profession or interests.

Question 27

foible

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a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone’s character

Question 28

figurative language

Answer 28

Figurative language is a language that is used to create an image or evoke a response… language that is not meant to be taken literal but figurative

Question 29

figurative language: SIMILE

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comparison of things with another thing - used to make a description using AS, LIKE, or THAN

Question 30

figurative language: METAPHOR

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a direct comparison between items by replacing one item with the other - “She is a princess who thinks of others and treats everyone with respect.”

Question 31

figurative language: MOTIF

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a recuring theme, idea, or image within literature used to bring attention to a theme, idea, of conflict within the text

Question 32

figurative language: ANAPHORA

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repetition of specific words in successive sentences to make a point or illustrate an idea within the text

Question 33

figurative language: OXYMORON

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a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

Question 34

figurative language: PARADOX

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a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well-founded or true; contradiction ideas that together make sense to the “story”

Question 35

figurative language: PERSONIFICATION

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the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

Question 36

fathom

Answer 36

understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought