LP 1

Question 1

adroit

Answer 1

adj
clever, skillful (hands/mind)

Question 2

analogous

Answer 2

adj
similar but not identical
comparable

relationship between student and teacher is analogous to that of a father and son

Question 3

avarice

Answer 3

noun
greediness for wealth

Question 4

bog

Answer 4

n or v

become stuck in mud/marsh, swamp

Question 5

compliant

Answer 5

willing to comply, yielding to request

Question 6

destitute

Answer 6

adj / n
extremely poor, poor people

the destitute

Question 7

deterrent

Answer 7

n/adj
prevents something from doing something
the rainy weather was a deterrent for the starting of the football game

Question 8

dupe

Answer 8

v or n
deceive, truck
easily deceived person

Question 9

encumbrance

Answer 9

n
burden

with the incumbrance of being the reason the team lost regionals, I cannot go to practice

Question 10

Folly

Answer 10

noun
foolishness

it would be folly to think
involved in folly

Question 11

repudiate

Answer 11

v
refuse to acknowledge

“she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders”

Question 12

cursory

Answer 12

adj
hasty, so not thorough or detailed

before turning in your paper, you must give it more than a cursory inspection

Question 13

anastrophe

Answer 13

yoda talk

chocolate i like

Question 14

antithesis

Answer 14

contrasting ideas in parallel structure
she spoke, he cried

Question 15

asyndeton

Answer 15

only commas

Question 15

anthimeria

Answer 15

using a word and turning it into a different part of speech then its original

texting, snapchatting, facetiming

Question 16

allusion

Answer 16

allude to a famous something

he’s a romeo when it comes to flirting

Question 17

apostrophe

Answer 17

addresses non-living thing

Question 18

anaphora

Answer 18

repetition of word beginning of clauses

Question 19

anadiplosis

Answer 19

start with same word previous sentenced ended with

Question 20

alliteration

Answer 20

same letter

Question 21

assonance

Answer 21

repetition of vowel sounds
high tide
deep sleep

Question 22

verbals

Answer 22

infinitive
i love to bake cookies (OV)

gerunds
verb acting as noun
eating ice cream is fun

particple
verb as adjective
boiling water

Question 23

app

Answer 23

renaming teacher

Question 24

NDA

Answer 24

macie, do the dishes