Vocab 4 (Themed Words: Telling Lies)

Question 1

prevarication (n.)

Answer 1

lying (esp. not telling the whole truth)

Question 2

mendacity (n)

Answer 2

untruthfulness

Question 3

subterfuge (n)

Answer 3

sneakiness

Question 4

duplicity (n)

Answer 4

two-facedness

Question 5

chicanery (n)

Answer 5

trickery

Question 6

aubade (n)

Answer 6

a poem about lovers who must leave one another in the early hours of the morning

Question 7

ballad (n)

Answer 7

a folk song composed of a series of quatrains (with an abcb rhyme scheme) and a refrain. Ballads typically tell a story which may be derived from an actual incident or from legend

Question 8

blank verse (n)

Answer 8

unrhymed poetry of iambic pentameter (five feat of two syllables each- unstressed and stressed)

Question 9

catharsis (n)

Answer 9

an emotional cleansing or feeling of relief after one has experienced feelings of intense pity or fear as a result of engaging with art

Question 10

colloquial (adj)

Answer 10

of or relating to slang or regional dialect, used in familiar everyday conversation. In writing, an informal style that reflects the way people spoke in a distinct time and/or place

Question 11

lying (esp. not telling the whole truth)

Answer 11

prevarication

Question 12

untruthfulness

Answer 12

mendacity

Question 13

sneakiness

Answer 13

subterfuge

Question 14

two-facedness

Answer 14

duplicity

Question 15

trickery

Answer 15

chicanery

Question 16

a poem about lovers who must leave one another in the early hours of the morning

Answer 16

aubade

Question 17

a folk song composed of a series of quatrains (with an abcb rhyme scheme) and a refrain. … typically tell a story which may be derived from an actual incident or from legend

Answer 17

ballad

Question 18

an emotional cleansing or feeling of relief after one has experienced feelings of intense pity or fear as a result of engaging with art

Answer 18

catharsis

Question 19

of or relating to slang or regional dialect, used in familiar everyday conversation. In writing, an informal style that reflects the way people spoke in a distinct time and/or place

Answer 19

colloquial