studying cards

Question 1

chauvinistic

Answer 1

displaying excessive or prejudiced support for one’s own cause or group, in particular showing male prejudice against women.

Question 2

chauvinist

Answer 2

a person displaying excessive or prejudiced support for their own cause and group.

Question 3

genre

Answer 3

a category of things

Question 4

generic

Answer 4

relating to a class or group of things

Question 5

iconoclastic

Answer 5

characterized by attack on cherished beliefs

Question 6

pagination

Answer 6

the sequence of numbers assigned to pages In a book

Question 7

diction

Answer 7

the choice of words and phrases in speech and writing

Question 8

simile

Answer 8

A figure of speech involving comparison of one thing to another thing.

Question 9

mutable

Answer 9

liable to change

Question 10

immutable

Answer 10

unchanging over time or unable to be changed

Question 11

ameliorate

Answer 11

make something better

Question 12

abstract

Answer 12

a summary of points

Question 13

protagonist

Answer 13

the leading character or one of the major character

Question 14

antagonist

Answer 14

a person who actively opposes to someone or something

Question 15

inextricable

Answer 15

impossible to separate

Question 16

metaphor

Answer 16

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied.

Question 17

naïve

Answer 17

showing a lack of experience , wisdom, or judgement

Question 18

naivete

Answer 18

the quality of being naive

Question 19

contemporary

Answer 19

living at the same time

Question 20

contemporaneous

Answer 20

occurring during the same time