Oct. 4

Question 1

Anathema

Answer 1

something or someone that one vehemently dislikes or a formal curse by someone from the Church

Question 2

Conflagration

Answer 2

an extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property

Question 3

Exculpate

Answer 3

show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing

Question 4

Languid

Answer 4

lazy or weak from illness or fatigue

Question 5

Pernicious

Answer 5

having a harmful effect in a gradual or subtle way

Question 6

Promulgate

Answer 6

promote or make widely known and idea or cause

Question 7

Rife

Answer 7

adj: something harmful and common
adv: in an unchecked or widespread manner

Question 8

Solicitous

Answer 8

characterized by or showing interest or concern

Question 9

Venerate

Answer 9

regard with great respect; revere. To make something respectable

Question 10

Anadiplosis

Answer 10

repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next

Question 11

Inductive reasoning

Answer 11

generalization: reasoning from detailed facts to general principles. Allows for conclusion to be false. Very not good.

Question 12

Apostrophe

Answer 12

Rhetorical device: Used to address an absent character (or object) as if they are actually there and could reply. Usually starts with “Oh!”

Question 13

Ellipsis

Answer 13

the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.

Question 14

Deductive reasoning

Answer 14

deduction: reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect). Used in scientific method.