Lesson 1-2

Question 1

Acronym

Answer 1

A word formed from the first letter of each word in a series

Question 2

Affix

Answer 2

A prefix or suffix

Question 3

Coinage

Answer 3

The invention of new words

Question 4

Colloquial

Answer 4

Typical of informal language usage; conversational

Question 5

Diminutive

Answer 5

A suffix that indicates small size, youth, familiarity, affection, or contempt

Question 6

Metonymy

Answer 6

A figure of speech that substitutes a word with a different but closely associated word

Question 7

Oxymoron

Answer 7

An expression that contains contradictory terms

Question 8

Palindrome

Answer 8

A word or an expression that is spelled the same backward and forward

Question 9

Portmanteau

Answer 9

A word formed by combining the sounds and meanings of two different words

Question 10

Spoonerism

Answer 10

An often comical switched of the first sounds of two or more words

Question 11

Apprehensive

Answer 11

Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy

Question 12

Categorical

Answer 12

Without exception or qualification; absolute

Question 13

Conclusive

Answer 13

Decisive; putting an end to doubt, question, or uncertainty

Question 14

Dubious

Answer 14

Doubtful, uncertain; questionable as to quality or validity

Question 15

Indeterminate

Answer 15

Not capable of being determined or established; not precisely known

Question 16

Precarious

Answer 16

Dangerous; risky; lacking in security or stability

Question 17

Qualm

Answer 17

Sense of doubt or uneasiness about a course of action

Question 18

Tentative

Answer 18

Uncertain; not fully worked out or agreed upon; provisional

Question 19

Unequivocal

Answer 19

Perfectly clear; leaving no room for doubt or misunderstanding

Question 20

Vacillate

Answer 20

To swing indecisively from one opinion or action to another