Vocab 7

Question 0

Affectation

Answer 0

n- a behavior that is assumed by a person, but not genuinely felt

Question 1

Infeasible

Answer 1

adj- Impractical; not realistic

Question 2

Loquacious

Answer 2

adj- excessively talkative

Question 3

Scuttlebutt

Answer 3

n- rumors about somebody’s activities or actions, gossip

Question 4

Rescind

Answer 4

v- to repeal; to cancel

Question 5

Stave

Answer 5

n- any of several narrow strips of wood placed edge to edge to form a tub or barrel, or a verse or stanza of a poem or song

Question 6

Alliteration

Answer 6

n- the same sound repeated over and over in a poem

Question 7

Moratorium

Answer 7

n- a suspension of activity

Question 8

Affinity

Answer 8

n- kinship; relationship; attractive force; attraction; sympathy

Question 9

Abridge

Answer 9

v- to condense or shorten

Question 10

Adulation

Answer 10

n- flattery; admiration