Rhetorical Vocabulary #7

Question 1

partition

Answer 1

a structure that divides or separates

Question 2

commemorate

Answer 2

to call remembrance to, to respectfully remember

Question 3

dissertation

Answer 3

an account recollecting a new point of view

Question 4

correspondence

Answer 4

an attribute to relation or shape of something, pertaining to an outline

Question 5

keen

Answer 5

having the ability to understand things easily, in touch with the true meanings of things

Question 6

consummate

Answer 6

having or revealing extreme mastery of a skill, to make perfect to bring perfect

Question 7

distinction

Answer 7

distinguishable and different

Question 8

sanguine

Answer 8

confidently optimistic, often cheerful

Question 9

epochs

Answer 9

a period of time in history or in a person’s life

Question 10

profound

Answer 10

extending to great depths, coming from deep within

Question 11

disparage

Answer 11

expressing negative opinion of something or someone

Question 12

vain

Answer 12

characteristic of having false pride, having an over-exaggerated sense of self importance

Question 13

discernment

Answer 13

perception of what is obscure and often unusual or unclear

Question 14

import

Answer 14

commodities brought in from a foreign place, to bring something in from somewhere else

Question 15

permeate

Answer 15

to spread through or diffuse through something, to interlock or connect

Question 16

semblance

Answer 16

an outward appearance that is misleading

Question 17

diffuse

Answer 17

to spread out, not concentrated in one place

Question 18

sustain

Answer 18

to establish or strengthen something through providing it with substance

Question 19

unison

Answer 19

occurring together or simultaneously, corresponding exactly

Question 20

uppermost

Answer 20

nearest to the top, highest possible