English Midterms

Question 1

Approbation

Answer 1

The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

Question 2

Assuage

Answer 2

To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet; to put an end, appease, satisfy quench

Question 3

Coalition

Answer 3

A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

Question 4

Decadence

Answer 4

deterioration; a condition or period of decline/decay; excessive self-indulgence

Question 5

Elicit

Answer 5

To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

Question 6

Expostulate

Answer 6

To attempt to dissuade someone from course or decision by earnest reasoning

Question 7

Hackneyed

Answer 7

Used so often as to lack freshness or originality

Question 8

Hiatus

Answer 8

A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

Question 9

Innuendo

Answer 9

A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

Question 10

Intercede

Answer 10

to plead on behalf of someone; serve as a 3rd party, go between in a disagreement

Question 11

Jaded

Answer 11

wearied, worn out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)

Question 12

Lurid

Answer 12

Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint

Question 13

Meritorious

Answer 13

Worthy, deserving of recognition and praise

Question 14

Petulant

Answer 14

Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset.

Question 15

Prerogative

Answer 15

a special quality showing excellence

Question 16

Provincial

Answer 16

Pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside; (n) a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony

Question 17

Simulate

Answer 17

To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of

Question 18

Transcend

Answer 18

to rise above or beyond, exceed

Question 19

umbrage

Answer 19

shade cast by trees; foliage

Question 20

unctuous

Answer 20

Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable

Question 21

Ameliorate

Answer 21

To improve, make better correct a flaw or shortcoming

Question 22

Aplomb

Answer 22

Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

Question 23

Bombastic

Answer 23

Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

Question 24

Callow

Answer 24

Without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

Question 25

Drivel

Answer 25

Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly

Question 26

Epitome

Answer 26

A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a large reality

Question 27

Exhort

Answer 27

To urge strongly, advise earnestly

Question 28

Ex officio

Answer 28

By virtue of holding a certain office

Question 29

Infringe

Answer 29

To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

Question 30

Interloper

Answer 30

One who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

Question 31

Intrinsic

Answer 31

Belonging to someone or something by its vey nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part

Question 32

Ingratiate

Answer 32

To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)

Question 33

Inveigh

Answer 33

To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

Question 34

Lassitude

Answer 34

Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

Question 35

Millenium

Answer 35

A period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

Question 36

Occult

Answer 36

Mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means. to hide, conceal; eclipse; matters involving the supernatural

Question 37

Permeate

Answer 37

To spread through, penetrate, soak through

Question 38

Precipitate

Answer 38

To fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give form to characterized by excessive haste; moisture; the product of an action or process

Question 39

Stingment

Answer 39

Strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste

Question 40

Surmise

Answer 40

To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; likely idea that lacks definite proof

Question 41

Alliteration

Answer 41

the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration) as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration) as in each to all.

Question 42

Caesura

Answer 42

Latin for “a cutting” a break or pause in a line of poetry, dictated usually by the natural rhythm of the language

Question 43

Kenning

Answer 43

the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration) as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration) as in each to all.

Question 44

Exile

Answer 44

expulsion from one’s native land by authoritative decree.

Question 45

“Whale road”

Answer 45

Shepherd of evil used in Grendel (Kenning)

Question 46

Lament

Answer 46

A passionate expression of grief or sorrow

Question 47

Kinsman

Answer 47

Blood relative

Question 48

Funeral pyre

Answer 48

a pile of wood on which a corpse is burned as part of a funeral ceremony in some traditions.

Question 49

Mead hall

Answer 49

Beowulf a place to eat plan battles, entertainment and drink

Question 50

What is an Epic poem

Answer 50

is a long, narrative poem that is usually about heroic deeds and events that are significant to the culture of the poet. Many ancient writers used epic poetry to tell tales of intense adventures and heroic feats.