Pg 406 Vocab

Question 0

Allusion

Answer 0

A passing or casual reference

Question 1

Aesthetic

Answer 1

Pertaining to the sense of the beautiful

Question 2

Ambivalent

Answer 2

Having mixed feelings about something or someone; being unable to choose between two courses of action

Question 3

Anecdote

Answer 3

A short account of a particular incident or event.

Question 4

Assert

Answer 4

To state with assurance, confidence or force

Question 5

Assess

Answer 5

To estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation

Question 6

Belied

Answer 6

To show to be false; contradict

Question 7

Challenge

Answer 7

A call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc.

Question 8

Characterize

Answer 8

to mark or distinguish as a character; be a characteristic of

Question 9

Compare

Answer 9

To examine ( two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences

Question 10

Concur

Answer 10

In accord in opinion; agree

Question 11

Contempt

Answer 11

The feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.

Question 12

Contrast

Answer 12

To compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes.

Question 13

Conventional

Answer 13

Conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct and taste

Question 14

Convey

Answer 14

To carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.

Question 15

Debunk

Answer 15

To expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) As being pretentious, false, or exaggerated

Question 16

Diffident

Answer 16

Lacking of ones ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.

Question 17

Discern

Answer 17

To perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend

Question 18

Discredit

Answer 18

To injure the credit or reputation of; defame

Question 19

Disengaged

Answer 19

To release from attachment or connection; Loosen; unfasten

Question 20

Disinterested

Answer 20

Unbiased by personal interest or advantage; not influenced by selfish motives

Question 21

Dismissive

Answer 21

Indicating dismissal or Rejection; having the purpose or effect of dismissing, as from once presence or from consideration

Question 22

Disparage

Answer 22

To speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle

Question 23

Disparity

Answer 23

Lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference

Question 24

Dispassionate

Answer 24

Free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm

Question 25

Dubious

Answer 25

Doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt

Question 26

Elicit

Answer 26

To draw or bring forth: educe; evoke

Question 27

Endorse

Answer 27

To approve, support, or sustain.

Question 28

Equivocate

Answer 28

To use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge

Question 29

Exemplify

Answer 29

To show or illustrate by example

Question 30

Fallacy

Answer 30

A deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief.

Question 31

Hypothesis

Answer 31

A proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomenon, either asserted nearly as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation or excepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.

Question 32

Hypothetical

Answer 32

Assumed by hypothesis; supposed

Question 33

Illustrate

Answer 33

To furnish with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment

Question 34

Indifferent

Answer 34

Without interest or concern; not caring ; apathetic

Question 35

Interpret

Answer 35

To give or provide the meanings of ; explain ; explicate; elucidate

Question 36

Ironic

Answer 36

Using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; contains or exemplifying irony

Question 37

Justify

Answer 37

To show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right

Question 38

Nostalgia

Answer 38

A wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one’s life, to one’s home or homeland, or to one’s family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time

Question 39

Objective

Answer 39

Something of ones effect or actions are intended to attain or accomplishment; purpose; goal; target.

Question 40

Partisan

Answer 40

An adherent or supporter of a person, group, party Or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance