R+J Vocab 9

Question 1

Personification

Answer 1

A type of figurative language that applies human like qualities to animals, inanimate objects, and concepts.

ex: The trees whispered.
The sun greeted the townsfolk with its joyful beams.

Question 2

Hyperbole

Answer 2

the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. In rhetoric, it is also sometimes known as auxesis. In poetry and oratory, it emphasizes, evokes strong feelings, and creates strong impressions. As a figure of speech, it is usually not meant to be taken literally.

Ex: Students response to a bad grade- “This feels like the end of the world!”

Question 3

Idiom

Answer 3

a group of words, established by usage, as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ).

Question 4

Symbol

Answer 4

Anything that hints at something else, usually something abstract, such as an idea or belief. It is usually an object, a person, a situation, or an action that has a literal meaning in a story but suggests or represents other meanings.

ex: Fire=anger, passion, love
skull=mortality, death

Question 5

Dug

Answer 5

The pap or udder of female mammalia; also the teat or nipple; usually in reference to suckling.

Question 6

Tetchy

Answer 6

bad-tempered and irritable.

Question 7

Rood

Answer 7

1. a crucifix, especially one positioned above the rood screen of a church or on a beam over the entrance to the chancel.
2. a measure of land area equal to a quarter of an acre.

Question 8

Halidam/Halidom

Answer 8

1. Something considered holy.
2. A sanctuary.

Question 9

Warrant

Answer 9

justify or necessitate (a certain course of action).

Question 10

Disposition

Answer 10

1. a person’s inherent qualities of mind and character.
2. the way in which something is placed or arranged, especially in relation to other things.

Question 11

Esteem

Answer 11

respect and admiration, typically for a person.

Question 12

Valiant

Answer 12

1. possessing or acting with bravery or boldness : courageous. valiant soldiers.
2. marked by, exhibiting, or carried out with courage or determination : heroic.

Question 13

Volume

Answer 13

1. a book forming part of a work or series.
2. the amount of space that a substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within a container, especially when great.

Question 14

Lineament

Answer 14

1. a distinctive feature or characteristic, especially of the face.
2. a linear feature on the earth’s surface, such as a fault.

Question 15

Margent/Margin

Answer 15

1. the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter
2. the outside limit and adjoining surface of something : EDGE

Question 16

Endart

Answer 16

to pierce, or shoot with a dart.

Question 17

Extremity

Answer 17

1. the furthest point or limit of something.
2. the extreme degree or nature of something.
   “the extremity of the violence concerns us”

Question 18

Beseech

Answer 18

1. to beg for urgently or anxiously.
2. : to request earnestly : implore.

Question 19

Prolixity

Answer 19

“wordiness” — using too many words, or too many long words — when a few would get the job done.

Question 20

Hoodwink

Answer 20

deceive or trick (someone).