Rhetorical vocabulary 4 Flashcards
1
Q
Spurious
A
not being what it purports to be
2
Q
Yokel
A
uneducated person from the country side
3
Q
Arpeggio
A
notes of a card played in a succession
4
Q
Obstreperous
A
noisy and difficult to control
5
Q
Retrenchment
A
reduction of costs or spending in response
6
Q
Armament
A
military weapons
7
Q
Intemperance
A
lack of moderation in restraint
8
Q
Commemorate
A
recall and show repeat
9
Q
Sanguine
A
optimistic or positive, in bad/difficult times
10
Q
Disparage
A
regard or represent as being little worth
11
Q
Diffuse
A
spread over wide area
12
Q
Brevity
A
concise and exact use of words in writing
13
Q
Mirth
A
amusement expressed in laughter
14
Q
Apparation
A
ghost or ghost like image of a person
15
Q
Cosmopolitan
A
containing people from different countries
