Honors Unit 11

Question 1

artifact

Answer 1

n. any object made by human beings; handmade object characteristic of an earlier time

Question 2

artifice

Answer 2

n. a clever trick

Question 3

artless

Answer 3

adj. free from deceit, cunning or craftiness; not artificial; natural; poorly made

Question 4

ode

Answer 4

n. lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of enthusiastic emotion

Question 5

parody

Answer 5

n. a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing

Question 6

rhapsody

Answer 6

an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation

Question 7

artisan

Answer 7

n. a person skilled in an applied art

Question 8

recant

Answer 8

v. to withdraw, retract

Question 9

pictograph

Answer 9

n. a pictorial sign or symbol

Question 10

accrue

Answer 10

v. to happen or result as a natural growth or addition

Question 11

crescendo

Answer 11

n. gradual, steady increase in loudness or force

Question 12

excrescence

Answer 12

n. an abnormal outgrowth or a normal outgrowth

Question 13

beneficence

Answer 13

n. doing of good; active goodness or tardiness

Question 14

efficacious

Answer 14

adj. capable of having the desired result or effect

Question 15

facile

Answer 15

adj. moving, acting, working with ease; easily done, performed, used

Question 16

facsimile

Answer 16

n. an exact copy of a book, painting, or manuscript