Vocab 4

Question 1

Synthesis

Answer 1

The combination of ideas to form a theory or system

Question 2

Sensory language

Answer 2

Language that connects to the five senses to create an image or description

Question 3

Ellipsis

Answer 3

The omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction that is grammatically complete (…)

Question 4

Implication

Answer 4

The conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated

Question 5

Understatement

Answer 5

A figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it actually is

Question 6

Elegy

Answer 6

A mournful poem, usually written in remembrance of a lost one for a funeral or as lament

Question 7

Passive voice

Answer 7

A grammatical construction where the noun or noun phrase that would be the object of an active sentence appears as the subject of a sentence with passive voice

Question 8

Eulogy

Answer 8

A commemorative speech or piece of writing in praise of someone who has recently died, or someone who is leaving, such as a retiree

Question 9

Ambivalence

Answer 9

The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

Question 10

Candid

Answer 10

Truthful and straightforward

Question 11

Aesthetic

Answer 11

Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

Question 12

Superfluous

Answer 12

Being beyond what is required or sufficient

Question 13

Ambiguity

Answer 13

Open to more than one interpretation, inexactness

Question 14

Caricature

Answer 14

A picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect

Question 15

Litotes

Answer 15

Ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary

Question 16

Invective

Answer 16

Insulting, abusive, or highly critical language

Question 17

Satire

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Syllogism

Answer 18

A subtle, specious, or crafty argument

Question 19

Synecdoche

Answer 19

A figure of speech in which a part is made the whole or vice versa

Question 20

Pivotal

Answer 20

Of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else

Question 21

Egregious

Answer 21

Outstandingly bad, shocking

Question 22

Parochial

Answer 22

Relating to a church parish

Question 23

Idiosyncrasy

Answer 23

A mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual

Question 24

Feigned

Answer 24

Pretended

Question 25

Antipathy

Answer 25

Deep-seated feeling of dislike, aversion

Question 26

Polemical

Answer 26

Relating to or involving strongly critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech

Question 27

Lugubrious

Answer 27

Looking or sounding sad or dismal