Nov. 22

Question 1

Abrogate

Answer 1

to repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement).

Question 2

Burnish

Answer 2

to polish (something, esp. metal) by rubbing.

Question 3

Discursive

Answer 3

digressing from subject to subject.

Question 4

Eschew

Answer 4

to deliberately avoid using; abstain from.

Question 5

Harangue

Answer 5

a lengthy and aggressive speech.

Question 6

Impinge

Answer 6

to have an effect or impact, esp. a negative one.

Question 7

Pallid

Answer 7

(of a person’s face) pale, typically because of poor health.

Question 8

Proclivity

Answer 8

a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing.

Question 9

Surreptitious

Answer 9

kept secret, esp. because it would not be approved of.

Question 10

Vituperate

Answer 10

to blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language.

Question 11

Asyndeton (rhetoric)

Answer 11

omitting conjunctions such as and, or, but, for, nor, so, and yet in a string. (“He was a bag of bones, a floppy doll, a broken stick, a maniac.”)

Question 12

Expletive (rhetoric)

Answer 12

a short phrase interrupting normal speech to emphasize words around it. (“I would like, IF I MAY, to take you on a strange journey.”)

Question 13

Onomatopoeia (rhetoric)

Answer 13

“moo”

Question 14

Oxymoron (rhetoric)

Answer 14

a combination of words that have an opposite meaning. (“that whisky was mighty weak.”)

Question 15

Paradox (rhetoric)

Answer 15

something (such as a situation) that is made up of two opposite things and that seems impossible but is actually true or possible. (“this sentence is false.”)