English III H First Quarter Exam Vocab

Question 1

devoid of intelligence

Answer 1

inane

Question 2

a pressing or urgent situation

Answer 2

exigency

Question 3

render holy by means of religious rites

Answer 3

hallow

Question 4

presumptuously arrogant

Answer 4

overweening

Question 5

thunderous verbal attack

Answer 5

diatribe

Question 6

a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style

Answer 6

travesty

Question 7

avoid and stay away from deliberately

Answer 7

eschew

Question 8

impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason

Answer 8

intransigent

Question 9

a person without a home, job, or property

Answer 9

derelict

Question 10

found in the ordinary course of events

Answer 10

mundane

Question 11

persistent petty and unjustified criticism

Answer 11

carping

Question 12

deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper

Answer 12

depraved

Question 13

sharpness of vision

Answer 13

acuity

Question 14

solidify, thicken, or come together

Answer 14

congeal

Question 15

approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently

Answer 15

accost

Question 16

deeply agitated especially from emotion

Answer 16

distraught

Question 17

extremely wicked

Answer 17

nefarious

Question 18

a formal expression of praise for someone who has died

Answer 18

eulogy

Question 19

a rhetorical appeal to the audience’s reason or rationality

Answer 19

logos

Question 20

reasoning from the general to the particular

Answer 20

deductive reasoning

Question 21

reasoning from detailed facts to general principles

Answer 21

inductive reasoning

Question 22

a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow

Answer 22

pathos

Question 23

the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era

Answer 23

ethos