MC Vocab 3

Question 1

Gout

Answer 1

disturbance of uric acid metabolism
painful inflammation of joints
2. large blob or clot
3. type of arthritis

Question 2

Patrician

Answer 2

refined, proper, aristocratic

Question 3

vagrant

Answer 3

1. one who wanders without a permanent home
2. wanderer
3. lives on the street

Question 4

tenement

Answer 4

1. building for human habitation

2. run-down, low-rental apartment. crowded and poor

Question 5

droll

Answer 5

amusingly odd or whimsically comical

Question 6

the grotesque

Answer 6

1. ludicrous, repulsive distortion (in appearance or manner)
2. outlandish or bizarre
3. literary term- anything that falls between funny and frightening

Question 7

juxtaposition

Answer 7

the placement of things so that they are side by side, especially for comparison or contrast

Question 8

squalor

Answer 8

a filthy and wretched condition or quality

Question 9

decadent

Answer 9

1. being in a state of decline or decay
2. marked by unrestrained gratification; self-indulgent
3. immoral

Question 10

infer

Answer 10

1. to conclude from evidence or by reasoning
2. to involve by logical necessity
3. to indicate indirectly; imply

Question 11

vitiate

Answer 11

1. to reduce the value or quality of; impair or spoil
2. to corrupt morally
3. to make ineffective
4. abolish

Question 12

debilitate

Answer 12

to sap the strength or energy of

Question 13

tenebrous

Answer 13

dark and gloomy. (ominous)

Question 14

teeming

Answer 14

abounding; filled or richly supplied

swarming (bee hive)

Question 15

rampant

Answer 15

extending unchecked; unrestrained

uncontrolled

Question 16

vagabond

Answer 16

a person who moves from place to place without a permanent home and often without a regular means of support

Question 17

minatory

Answer 17

threatening nature

Question 18

unflagging

Answer 18

persistent or untiring

Question 19

raison d’etre

Answer 19

reason or justification for existing

Question 20

blase

Answer 20

1. uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence
2. unconcerned; nonchalant
3. very sophisticated

Question 21

opulence

Answer 21

1. wealth

2. great abundance

Question 22

determinism

Answer 22

the philosophical doctrine that every state of affairs, including every human event, act, and decision, is the inevitable consequence of antecedent states or affairs

Question 23

lariat

Answer 23

a rope for picketing grazing horses or mules

Question 24

cryptic

Answer 24

1. having hidden meaning; mystifying
2. secret
3. using code or cipher

Question 25

cavalier

Answer 25

1. showing arrogant or offhand disregard; dismissive

2. carefree and nonchalant

Question 26

sapient

Answer 26

having great wisdom and discernment

clever

Question 27

adage

Answer 27

a saying that sets forth a general truth and that has gained credit through long use
(proverb)

Question 28

meritorious

Answer 28

deserving reward or praise

Question 29

audacious

Answer 29

1. fearlessly, recklessly daring; bold
2. unrestrained by convention
3. spirited and original

Question 30

aberrant

Answer 30

1. deviating from what is considered proper or normal

Question 31

vicarious

Answer 31

1. experienced or felt by empathy with or imaginary participation in the life of another person
2. endured or done by one person substituting for another
3. committed or entrusted to another

Question 32

incitement

Answer 32

the action of provoking or urged on

motive

Question 33

absolution

Answer 33

the act of being cleared of guilt or blame

2. granted remission of a sin

Question 34

xenophobia

Answer 34

a person who is fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or of people from different countries or cultures

Question 35

jingoism

Answer 35

extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy
aggressive patriotism

Question 36

rancor

Answer 36

bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will

Question 37

epithet

Answer 37

1. a term used to characterize a person or thing; used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person
2. disparaging or abusive word or phrase
   ex: “grey-eyed athena”

Question 38

chauvinistic

Answer 38

devoted to one’s country; patriotic

2. prejudiced belief in the superiority of one’s own gender, group, or kind

Question 39

indelible

Answer 39

1. impossible to remove, erase, or wash away

2. unable to be forgotten, memorable

Question 40

raucous

Answer 40

1. rough-sounding and harsh

2. boisterous and disorderly

Question 41

allegory

Answer 41

story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or abstract ideas or qualities

Question 42

allusion

Answer 42

reference to someone or something that is known in a branch of culture. An indirect reference to something

Question 43

archetype

Answer 43

a very typical example of a certain person or thing

Question 44

conceit

Answer 44

an elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly different. often an extended metaphor

Question 45

diction

Answer 45

a speaker or writer’s choice of words

Question 46

hyperbole

Answer 46

a figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement for effect

Question 47

invocation

Answer 47

the summoning of a deity or the supernatural

Question 48

irony

Answer 48

a discrepancy between appearances and reality

Question 49

metaphor

Answer 49

figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using specific words of comparison

Question 50

paradox

Answer 50

a statement that appears self-contradictory, but that reveals a kind of truth

Question 51

personification

Answer 51

a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

Question 52

rhetorical question

Answer 52

a question asked for effect, and not actually requiring an answer

Question 53

simile

Answer 53

a figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two unlike things, using words such as like, as, than, or resembles.