Junior Year: Chapter 1

Question 1

cognate

Answer 1

a word that looks like and is related to a word in another language.

Question 2

inflection

Answer 2

an alteration in pitch or tone of voice

Question 3

Paradigm

Answer 3

1. a set of inflected words.
2. a model or framework that sets forth a way of viewing things.

Question 4

Rejoinder

Answer 4

an often witty or critical response to a reply; an answer

Question 5

Rhetoric

Answer 5

1. The study and art of using language effectively and persuasively
2. Speech that is elaborate, pretentious, or insincere

Question 6

Succinct

Answer 6

Clear and precise; expressed in few words

Question 7

Syntax

Answer 7

the arrangement of words to form grammatical sentences