Rhetorical vocabulary 3

Question 1

Ambivalent

Answer 1

having mixed feelings

Question 2

Forthright

Answer 2

direct and outspoken, contradictory ideas

Question 3

Effusive

Answer 3

expressing feelings of gratitude

Question 4

Extrude

Answer 4

thrust or force out

Question 5

Frailty

Answer 5

condition of being weakened delicate

Question 6

Demireps

Answer 6

woman whose chastity is considered doubtful

Question 7

Morality

Answer 7

distinction between right and wrong, good and bad

Question 8

Enumeration

Answer 8

action of mentioning a number of things

Question 9

Rapturous

Answer 9

expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm

Question 10

Humility

Answer 10

modest or low view of ones own importance

Question 11

Negligent

Answer 11

failing to take proper care in doing something

Question 12

Reference

Answer 12

deep respect for someone or something

Question 13

Prodigious

Answer 13

remarkably or impersonally great in extent

Question 14

Expenditure

Answer 14

action of spending funds

Question 15

Somber

Answer 15

dark or dull in color or tone

Question 16

Discernment

Answer 16

ability to judge well

Question 17

Semblance

Answer 17

outward appearance or apparent form of something

Question 18

Laudatory

Answer 18

expressing praise and commendation

Question 19

Apprehension

Answer 19

fear that something bad will happen

Question 20

Syntax

Answer 20

arrangement of words to create well-formed sentences