Vocab 2

Question 1

Accost

Answer 1

to approach and speak to first; to confront in an aggressive way

Question 2

Avid

Answer 2

desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

Question 3

Condescending

Answer 3

show feelings of superiority; be patronizing.

Question 4

Didactic

Answer 4

intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive

Question 5

Euphemism

Answer 5

mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh unpleasant one

Question 6

Halcyon

Answer 6

calm, peaceful, happy, golden, prosperous, affluent

Question 7

Histrionic

Answer 7

pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical; artificial, melodramatic

Question 8

Myopic

Answer 8

nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation

Question 9

Overt

Answer 9

open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized

Question 10

Ubiquitous

Answer 10

present or existing everywhere

Question 11

Hortative sentence

Answer 11

A choice of words that encourage action.
Ex: just try it at least once

Question 12

Imperative sentence

Answer 12

a sentence that gives the reader an instruction, makes a request, or issues a command

Question 13

Periodic sentence

Answer 13

the main point (independent clause) occurs at the end of the sentence, after one or more side points (dependent clauses) lead up to the main point.

Question 14

Cumulative sentence

Answer 14

a type of parallel sentence which builds through parallel constructions (dependent phrases or clauses) after a main clause.
Ex: the student sat, thinking intently

Question 15

Rhetorical question

Answer 15

an inquiry that ends in a question mark but is asked for effect rather than to elicit an answer.

Question 16

Antimetabole

Answer 16

a literary term or device that involves repeating a phrase in reverse order.

Question 17

Metonymy

Answer 17

the name of an object or concept is replaced with a word closely related to or suggested by the original
Ex: crown instead of king

Question 18

Asyndeton

Answer 18

a sentence containing a series of words or clauses in close succession, linked without the use of conjunctions

Question 19

Polysyndeton

Answer 19

a literary device that uses multiple repetitions of the same conjunction (and, but, if, etc), most commonly the word “and.”