Content Vocab 221-240

Question 1

kin

Answer 1

relatives, family

Question 2

hasty generalization

Answer 2

unsound inductive inference based of insufficient, inadequate, unspecified evidence

Question 3

non sequitur

Answer 3

a statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before

Question 4

rebuttal

Answer 4

to contradict or oppose

Question 5

conciliatory

Answer 5

intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility

Question 6

poignant

Answer 6

sharp or pungent in taste or smell

Question 7

ominous

Answer 7

giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen

Question 8

exasperated

Answer 8

intensely irritated and frustrated

Question 9

literary allusion

Answer 9

An allusion occurs in literature when an author indirectly references another work, event, person, or place

Question 10

historical allusion

Answer 10

an allusion that references a historic event

Question 11

bewilderment

Answer 11

feeling of being confused

Question 12

definition

Answer 12

the action or process of defining something

Question 13

mode of composition

Answer 13

refers to the four traditional categories of written texts: narration, description, exposition, and argument

Question 14

extorted

Answer 14

obtain something by force, threats, or other unfair means

Question 15

interrogative

Answer 15

asking a question