Rhetorical Vocab #181-200

Question 1

Advocate

Answer 1

a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause

Question 2

Biblical Allusion

Answer 2

reference towards the Bible

Question 3

Despairing

Answer 3

the complete loss or absence of hope

Question 4

Extirpated

Answer 4

root out and destroy completely

Question 5

Exalted

Answer 5

placed at a high or powerful level

Question 6

Siege

Answer 6

surrounds something

Question 7

Overt

Answer 7

done or shown openly

Question 8

Vestige

Answer 8

a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists

Question 9

Ambiguous

Answer 9

having a double meaning

Question 10

Acerbic

Answer 10

sharp and forthright

Question 11

Contempt

Answer 11

the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn

Question 12

Extolled

Answer 12

praise enthusiastically

Question 13

Unmellow

Answer 13

not relaxed

Question 14

Conciliatory

Answer 14

intended or likely to placate or pacify

Question 15

Poignant

Answer 15

evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

Question 16

Ominous

Answer 16

something bad or unpleasant is going to happen

Question 17

Exasperated

Answer 17

intensely irritated and frustrated

Question 18

Bewilderment

Answer 18

perplexed and confused

Question 19

Extorted

Answer 19

obtain something by force, threats, or other unfair means

Question 20

Mode of Composition

Answer 20

the four traditional categories of written texts: narration, description, exposition, and argument