Common Vocab

Question 1

acquiesce

Answer 1

submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent

Question 2

acronym

Answer 2

a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word

Question 3

ambiguity

Answer 3

doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention:

Question 4

analogy

Answer 4

a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based

Question 5

anachronism

Answer 5

something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time

Question 6

andragogy

Answer 6

the methods or techniques used to teach adults

Question 7

antithesis

Answer 7

opposition; contrast

Question 8

antonym

Answer 8

a word opposite in meaning to another

Question 9

articulate

Answer 9

uttered clearly in distinct syllables

Question 10

assonance

Answer 10

resemblance of sounds

Question 11

Benchmarking

Answer 11

the act or practice of measuring something against a standard

Question 12

brainstorming

Answer 12

a technique for generating ideas and solving specific problems

Question 13

circumspect

Answer 13

cautious, well-thought

Question 14

clandestine

Answer 14

executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception

Question 15

collaborate

Answer 15

to work, one with another; cooperate

Question 16

colloquial

Answer 16

characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.

Question 17

connotation

Answer 17

the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning; implication

Question 18

contrived

Answer 18

obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained:

Question 19

conundrum

Answer 19

a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words

Question 20

cognition

Answer 20

the act or process of knowing; perception.

Question 21

correlation

Answer 21

mutual relation of two or more things

Question 22

criterion

Answer 22

a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something

Question 23

cumulative

Answer 23

increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions

Question 24

curriculum

Answer 24

the aggregate of courses of study given in a school, college, university,

Question 25

deference

Answer 25

respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another.

Question 26

development

Answer 26

the act or process of developing; growth; progress

Question 27

dialect

Answer 27

variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially

Question 28

diction

Answer 28

style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words

Question 29

didactic

Answer 29

intended for instruction; instructive:

Question 30

dissertation

Answer 30

a written essay, treatise, or thesis, especially one written by a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

Question 31

divergent

Answer 31

differing; deviating

Question 32

egregious

Answer 32

extraordinary in some bad way

Question 33

eloquence

Answer 33

the practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness.

Question 34

Emergent

Answer 34

coming into view or notice; issuing

Question 35

Empathy

Answer 35

the psychological identification with or vicarious experiencing of the emotions, thoughts, or attitudes of another:

Question 36

Enigma

Answer 36

a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation

Question 37

Epitome

Answer 37

a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class

Question 38

Epiphany

Answer 38

an appearance or manifestation

Question 39

Epitaph

Answer 39

a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.

Question 40

Erudite

Answer 40

characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly

Question 41

Vociferous

Answer 41

Vehement and Clamorous

Loud, noisy, strong in belief*