midsummers night dream vocab #1

Question 1

Antagonist

Answer 1

(n) someone who offers opposition

Question 2

Protagonist

Answer 2

(n) the principal character in a work of fiction; struggles against an obstacle

Question 3

Epilogue

Answer 3

(n) a short speech addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play

Question 4

Legacy

Answer 4

a gift of personal property in a will

Question 5

Lore

Answer 5

(n) knowledge gained through tradition or stories

Question 6

Etymology

Answer 6

the history of a word

Question 7

Alibi

Answer 7

(n) a defense by an accused person that supposedly shows how he or she could not have committed a particular crime

Question 8

Inference

Answer 8

(n) a conclusion drawn based on circumstantial evidence or by logical judgment

Question 9

Idiom

Answer 9

(n) an expression whose meaning cannot be known by the words that make it up (“You hit the nail on the head.”)

Question 10

Imagery

Answer 10

(n) mental pictures or sensations formed in response to words

Question 11

someone who offers opposition

Answer 11

Antagonist n

Question 12

the principal character in a work of fiction; struggles against an obstacle

Answer 12

Protagonist n

Question 13

(n) a short speech addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play

Answer 13

Epilogue n

Question 14

a gift of personal property in a will

Answer 14

Legacy n

Question 15

knowledge gained through tradition or stories

Answer 15

Lore n

Question 16

the history of a word

Answer 16

Etymology n

Question 17

a defense by an accused person that supposedly shows how he or she could not have committed a particular crime

Answer 17

Alibi n

Question 18

a conclusion drawn based on circumstantial evidence or by logical judgment

Answer 18

Inference n

Question 19

an expression whose meaning cannot be known by the words that make it up (“You hit the nail on the head.”)

Answer 19

Idiom n

Question 20

mental pictures or sensations formed in response to words

Answer 20

Imagery n