Success- Group 1 Written Word

Question 1

agenda

Answer 1

(noun) a list, outline, or plan of things to be considered or done

Question 2

allusion

Answer 2

(noun) a casual or indirect reference to something

Question 3

apocryphal

Answer 3

(adj) of questionable authenticity or authorship; erroneous; fake

Question 4

calumny

Answer 4

(noun) false accusation of a crime or offense; malicious misrepresentation

Question 5

cipher

Answer 5

(noun) something or someone of no value or importance; a secret method of writing, writing done with such a method, or the key to decoding such writing

Question 6

cliche

Answer 6

(noun) a trite or stereotyped sentence or phrase; anything that has become trite through overuse

Question 7

digressive

Answer 7

(adj) passing from one thing to another; tending to depart from the main point to cover a wide range of subjects; rambling

Question 8

dissertation

Answer 8

(noun) a formal spoken or written essay or treatise, especially one written by a PhD

Question 9

doctrine

Answer 9

(noun) a principle, position, or policy held by a religion or government; a statement of such a policy

Question 10

excerpt

Answer 10

(noun) a passage or piece from a larger work or document

Question 11

expository

Answer 11

(adj) serving to explain or expound

Question 12

memoir

Answer 12

(noun) an account of the author’s personal experience

Question 13

metaphorical

Answer 13

(adj) expressing a thing in terms normally denoting another

Question 14

paraphrase

Answer 14

(verb) to restate text giving the same meaning in different words

Question 15

pedantic

Answer 15

(adj) overly concerned with details or formalities; pretentious in one’s learning

Question 16

prologue

Answer 16

(noun) an introduction to a written or spoken work; an introductory act

Question 17

rehash

Answer 17

(verb) to rework old material into a new form

Question 18

retract

Answer 18

(verb) to withdraw a statement, opinion, or promise

Question 19

terse

Answer 19

(adj) concise, brief, curt

Question 20

transcribe

Answer 20

(verb) to make a written copy of; to translate into anther language