Group 1

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

A casual or indirect reference to something.

Question 2

Apocryphal

Answer 2

Of questionable authenticity of authorship; erroneous; fake.

Question 3

Calumny

Answer 3

False accusation of a crime or offense; malicious misrepresentation.

Question 4

Cipher

Answer 4

Something or someone of no value of importance; a secret method of writing, writing done with such a method, or the key to decoding such writing.

Question 5

Cliche

Answer 5

A trite or stereotyped sentence or phrase; anything that has become trite through overuse.

Question 6

Digressive

Answer 6

Passing from one thing to another; tending to depart from the main point to cover a wide range of subjects; rambling.

Question 7

Dissertation

Answer 7

A formal spoken or written essay or treatise , especially one written by a PhD candidate.

Question 8

Doctrine

Answer 8

A principle, position, or policy held by a religion or government; a statement of such a policy.

Question 9

Excerpt

Answer 9

A passage or piece from a larger work or document.

Question 10

Expository

Answer 10

Serving to explain or expound.

Question 11

Memoir

Answer 11

An account of the author’s personal experience.

Question 12

Metaphorical

Answer 12

Expressing a thing in terms normally denoting another.

Question 13

Paraphrase

Answer 13

To restate text giving the same meaning in different words.

Question 14

Pedantic

Answer 14

Overly concerned with details or formalities; pretentious in one’s learning.

Question 15

Prologue

Answer 15

An introduction to a written or spoken work; an introductory act.

Question 16

Rehash

Answer 16

To rework old material into a new form.

Question 17

Retract

Answer 17

To withdraw a statement, opinion, or promise.

Question 18

Terse

Answer 18

Concise; brief; curt.

Question 19

Transcribe

Answer 19

To make a written copy of; to translate into another language.

Question 20

Agenda

Answer 20

A list, outline, or plan of things to be considered or done.