Spelling: Week 8

Question 1

A projecting decorative molding along top of a building

Answer 1

Cornice (N)

Question 2

Guessed; concluded

Answer 2

Surmised (V)

Question 3

Weighs heavily on the mind

Answer 3

Oppresses (V)

Question 4

Having measurable or definable limits

Answer 4

Finite (Adj)

Question 5

Endless or unlimited space, time, or distance

Answer 5

Infinity (N)

Question 6

A thin, fine netting used for scarves or decorating

Answer 6

Tulle (N)

Question 7

To lift something in order to estimate its weight

Answer 7

Heft (V)

Question 8

A temporary suspension

Answer 8

Abeyance (N)

Question 9

A spasm or pang of pain

Answer 9

Throe (N)

Question 10

To pour out

Answer 10

Effuse (V)

Question 11

Lit Term: Satire

Answer 11

The use of humor, irony exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

Question 12

Lit Term: Farce

Answer 12

A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.