Rhetorical Vocab #101-120

Question 1

Laudatory

Answer 1

expressing praise and commendation

Question 2

Apprehension

Answer 2

anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen

Question 3

Passionate

Answer 3

showing or caused by strong feelings or a strong belief

Question 4

Facile

Answer 4

appearing neat and comprehensive only by ignoring the true complexities of an issue; superficial

Question 5

Syntax

Answer 5

the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences

Question 6

Rhetoric

Answer 6

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques

Question 7

Solemn

Answer 7

not cheerful or smiling; serious

Question 8

Grave

Answer 8

used as an allusive term for death

Question 9

Spurious

Answer 9

not being what it seems to be; false or fake

Question 10

Oblige

Answer 10

make someone legally or morally bound to an action or course of action

Question 11

Macbeth

Answer 11

tragedy by William Shakespeare

Question 12

Yokels

Answer 12

an uneducated and unsophisticated person from the countryside

Question 13

Commingle

Answer 13

mix; blend

Question 14

Arpeggio

Answer 14

the notes of a chord played in succession

Question 15

Obstreperous

Answer 15

noisy and difficult to control

Question 16

Retrenchment

Answer 16

reduction in the extent or quantity of something

Question 17

Armaments

Answer 17

military weapons and equipment

Question 18

Radical

Answer 18

relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough

Question 19

Intemperance

Answer 19

lack of moderation or restraint

Question 20

Amalgam

Answer 20

an alloy of mercury with another metal