Reading P 124

Question 1

Underscore

Answer 1

To emphasize or show the importance of; to draw a line under

Question 2

Undermine

Answer 2

To make weaker or less effective usually in a secret of gradual way

Question 3

Substantiate

Answer 3

To provide the truth of

Question 4

Subjective

Answer 4

Relating to the way a person experiences things in his or her own mind: based on feelings or opinions rather than facts

Question 5

Speculate

Answer 5

To think about something and make guesses about it: to form ideas or theories about something usually when there are many things not known about it. To invest money in ways that could produce a large profit but that also involve a lot of risk

Question 6

Simile

Answer 6

A phrase that uses the word like or as to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar

Question 7

Scrutinize

Answer 7

To examine carefully especially in a critical way

Question 8

Scornful

Answer 8

Feeling or showing scorn. A feeling that someone or something is not worthy of any respect or approval

Question 9

Satire

Answer 9

a way of using humor to show that someone or something is foolish, weak, bad, etc: humor that shows the weakness or bad qualities of a person, government, society, etc

Question 10

Yield

Answer 10

To provide or produce something; to produce as a result of time, effort, or work

Question 11

Rhetoric

Answer 11

Language that is intended to influence people and that may not be honest or reasonable; the art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence others

Question 12

Reverent

Answer 12

Very respectful

Question 13

Resigned

Answer 13

To give up a job or position in a formal or official way

Question 14

Repudiate

Answer 14

To refuse to accept or support: to reject; to show or say something isn’t true

Question 15

Refute

Answer 15

To prove that something isn’t true; to say it’s not true

Question 16

Pragmatic

Answer 16

Dealing with the problem that exists in a specific situation in a reasonable and logical way instead of depending on ideas and theories

Question 17

Phenomenon

Answer 17

Something that can be observed and studied and that typically is unusual or difficult to understand or explain fully; someone or something that is very impressive or popular especially because of an unusual ability or quality

Question 18

Personification

Answer 18

A person who has a lot of a particular quality and who is the perfect example of someone who has that quality; an imaginary person that represents a thing or idea; the practice of representing a thing or idea as a person in art, lit, etc

Question 19

Partisan

Answer 19

A firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person; one exhibiting blind prejudice, and unreasoning allegiance;
A member of a body detached light troops making forays and harassing an enemy; a member of a guerrilla band operating within enemy lines

Question 20

Objective

Answer 20

Based on facts rather than feelings or opinions: not influenced by feelings; existing outside of the mind: existing in the real world

Question 21

Ironic

Answer 21

Using words that mean the opposite of what you really think especially in order to be funny; strange or funny because something is different from what you expected

Question 22

Indifferent

Answer 22

Not interested in or concerned about something; neither good nor bad

Question 23

Hyperbole

Answer 23

Language that describes something as better or worse than it really is

Question 24

Equivocate

Answer 24

To use unclear language especially to deceive or mislead someone

Question 25

Dubious

Answer 25

Unsure or uncertain: feeling doubt about something

Question 26

Dispassionate

Answer 26

Not influenced or affected by emotions