Oct. 11

Question 1

Abjure

Answer 1

to give up or abstain from something

Question 2

Blandish

Answer 2

to persuade somebody by flattery

Question 3

Capricious

Answer 3

makes sudden, unexpected changes

Question 4

Decry

Answer 4

to criticize something or someone: to openly disapprove

Question 5

Ebullient

Answer 5

lively and enthusiastic

Question 6

Fallacious

Answer 6

containing a mistaken belief

Question 7

Garrulous

Answer 7

talking too much, using too many words

Question 8

Hackneyed

Answer 8

ordinary or unimaginative

Question 9

Iconoclast

Answer 9

somebody challenging tradition or destroying religious images

Question 10

Jubilant

Answer 10

triumphantly joyful

Question 11

Antimetabole

Answer 11

Rhetoric. A-B-C, C-B-A pattern in sentences. Example: stop static before static stops you!

Question 12

Euphemism

Answer 12

expression that substitutes an unpleasant one

Question 13

Imperative

Answer 13

a type of sentence that gives advice. “Be true, be true, be true” from Scarlet Letter

Question 14

Parallelism

Answer 14

similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

Question 15

Analogy

Answer 15

a comparison, typically on the basis of their structure for the purpose of explanation or clarification