Direct Hits volume 2 -- set 1

Question 1

synopsis

Answer 1

a brief summary

Question 2

simile

Answer 2

a comparison using like or as

Question 3

metaphor

Answer 3

a figure of speech equating two distinct objects

Question 4

personification

Answer 4

when an inanimate object is given human qualities

Question 5

irony

Answer 5

conveying the opposite of its meaning

Question 6

satire, lampoon, parody

Answer 6

comic criticism

Question 7

hyperbole

Answer 7

extreme exaggeration

Question 8

caricature

Answer 8

exaggeration by distortion of the subject’s features

Question 9

epic

Answer 9

a long narrative poem written in a grand style

Question 10

saga

Answer 10

a long narrative story

Question 11

euphony

Answer 11

soothing or pleasant sounds

Question 12

conflate

Answer 12

bring together; (con)fuse

Question 13

cacophony

Answer 13

harsh clashing sounds

Question 14

foreshadow

Answer 14

to suggest what will happen; presage

Question 15

anecdote

Answer 15

a short account of an incident

Question 16

eulogy

Answer 16

a tribute, especially praising someone who has died

Question 17

allusion

Answer 17

a reference to something

Question 18

catalyst

Answer 18

an agent triggering change

Question 19

caustic

Answer 19

biting; burning; acerbic

Question 20

crystallize

Answer 20

to give a definite form to any idea or plan

Question 21

osmosis

Answer 21

gradual often unconscious process of assimilation

Question 22

sedentary

Answer 22

accustomed to sitting or doing little exercise

Question 23

virulent

Answer 23

bitterly hostile

Question 24

empirical

Answer 24

based on experience, not theory

Question 25

entomology

Answer 25

the scientific study of inserts

Question 26

gestate

Answer 26

to conceive and develop (usually in the mind)

Question 27

paradigm

Answer 27

a framework or model of thought

Question 28

entrepreneur

Answer 28

a person who creates a business

Question 29

lucrative

Answer 29

very profitable

Question 30

extravagant

Answer 30

excessive and therefore lacking restraint

Question 31

avarice, cupidity

Answer 31

greed

Question 32

glut, plethora, surfeit

Answer 32

surplus

Question 33

destitute, impoverished, indigent

Answer 33

very poor

Question 34

affluent, opulent

Answer 34

very wealthy

Question 35

munificent

Answer 35

very generous

Question 36

parsimonious

Answer 36

excessively cheap with money; stingy

Question 37

depreciation

Answer 37

loss in value

Question 38

remunerate

Answer 38

compensate; to make payment for

Question 39

accord

Answer 39

a formal agreement

Question 40

enlighten

Answer 40

inform, instruct, illuminate

Question 41

appeasement

Answer 41

granting concessions to maintain peace

Question 42

nullify

Answer 42

to make invalid

Question 43

triumvirate

Answer 43

a group of three leaders

Question 44

pretext

Answer 44

an excuse, an alleged cause

Question 45

watershed

Answer 45

a turning point

Question 46

consensus

Answer 46

a general agreement

Question 47

autocrat; despot

Answer 47

a ruler having unlimited power

Question 48

manifesto

Answer 48

a public declaration of beliefs

Question 49

enfranchise

Answer 49

to give the right to vote

Question 50

disenfranchise

Answer 50

to take away the right to vote

Question 51

coerce

Answer 51

to compel

Question 52

egalitarian

Answer 52

favoring social equality

Question 53

demarcation

Answer 53

the setting or marking of boundaries