Other Important Terms

Question 0

Ambiguous

Answer 0

Vague, or not clear

Question 1

Faustian

Answer 1

To sell oneself for something of value

Question 2

Pathos

Answer 2

Pity

Question 3

Hubris

Answer 3

Arrogance, pride to the point of one’s downfall. Originates from Greek myths

Question 4

Marginalized

Answer 4

When society has put this person or a group of people off to the sidelines

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Nostalgia

Answer 5

Pleasure and sadness that is caused by remembering something from the past and wishing that you could experience it again.

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Iconic

Answer 6

Widely recognized and well-established, an iconic brand name. Widely known and acknowledged especially for distinctive excellence: an iconic writer, a region’s iconic wines.

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Didactic

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Intended to teach. Particularly having an ulterior motive

Question 8

Diction

Answer 8

The choice of using words and phrases of speech in writing

Question 9

Fallacy or fallacious

Answer 9

A wrong or mistaken belief

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Prelapsarian

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A characteristic or trait belonging to the time or state before the Fall of humanity

Question 11

Postlapsarian

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A characteristic from after the Fall of humanity

Question 12

Reticent

Answer 12

Not willing to tell people about things

Question 13

Vestige

Answer 13

Something belonging to or from a different time

Ex: ruins