lesson 5

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

The occurrence of the same initial sound in several words in a succession

Question 2

Literal

Answer 2

In accordance with the explicit or primary meaning of a word or phrase, not it’s metaphorical meaning

Word for Word

Concerned mainly with facts

Question 3

Literate

Answer 3

able to read and write

Knowledgeable/educated

Question 4

obliterate

Answer 4

To completely wipe out/erase

Question 5

Ascribe

Answer 5

to attribute to a particular cause source or origin 

Question 6

Circumscribe

Answer 6

to draw a line around

To confine/to limit

Question 7

conscription

Answer 7

A military draft

Question 8

proscribe

Answer 8

to denounce or condemn

To prohibit/to forbid

Question 9

subscribe

Answer 9

 To pledge to pay for something

To expressed consent or agreement

Question 10

transcribe

Answer 10

To make a copy of/to write out food

Question 11

acronym

Answer 11

A word composed of the first letters of parts of a name

Question 12

Onomatopoeia

Answer 12

A word that sounds like the thing it means

Question 13

pseudonym

Answer 13

a fictitious name

Question 14

ignominious

Answer 14

Shameful/disgraceful

Question 15

Nomenclature

Answer 15

a system of naming, especially in the arts or sciences

Question 16

nomen

Answer 16

name

Question 17

onama

Answer 17

name

Question 18

SCRIBO, SCRIBERE, SCRIPSI, SCRIPTUM

Answer 18

to write

Question 19

LITTERA

Answer 19

letter