Vocab

Question 1

A word related to another word in a different language.

Answer 1

Cognate

Question 2

The sound system of a language.

Answer 2

Phonology

Question 3

A change in the form of a word.

Answer 3

Inflection

Question 4

An answer to a reply; witty response

Answer 4

Rejoinder

Question 5

The study of a language’s writing or spelling system.

Answer 5

Orthography

Question 6

The study of using language effectively.

Answer 6

Rhetoric

Question 7

A model for a way of viewing things.

Answer 7

Paradigm

Question 8

Clear and precise; using few words.

Answer 8

Succinct

Question 9

Study of the history of language.

Answer 9

Philology

Question 10

How words are arranged.

Answer 10

Syntax

Question 11

To misrepresent.

Answer 11

Belie

Question 12

Infamous.

Answer 12

Nefarious

Question 13

Done in secret.

Answer 13

Clandestine

Question 14

Treacherous.

Answer 14

Perfidious

Question 15

Not telling the whole truth.

Answer 15

Disingenuous

Question 16

Total integrity; uprightness.

Answer 16

Probity

Question 17

To hide one’s feelings or motives behind a false appearance.

Answer 17

Dissemble

Question 18

Conscientious and exact.

Answer 18

Scrupulous

Question 19

Direct, honest.

Answer 19

Forthright

Question 20

Fake; not authentic.

Answer 20

Spurious

Question 21

Occurring simultaneously.

Answer 21

Concomitant

Question 22

Irreversible.

Answer 22

Irrevocable

Question 23

Longest division of geologic time.

Answer 23

Eon

Question 24

One thousand years.

Answer 24

Millennium

Question 25

Still in existence.

Answer 25

Extant

Question 26

An eternity.

Answer 26

Perpetuity

Question 27

Gap in space, time, or continuity.

Answer 27

Hiatus

Question 28

Unspoiled.

Answer 28

Pristine

Question 29

Accustom to hardship.

Answer 29

Inure

Question 30

Brief existence.

Answer 30

Transience

Question 31

A clown or jester.

Answer 31

Buffoon

Question 32

A light and humorous manner.

Answer 32

Levity

Question 33

An exaggerated comic play.

Answer 33

Farce

Question 34

A comic imitation that exaggerates.

Answer 34

Parody

Question 35

Deliberate use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.

Answer 35

Irony

Question 36

Good-natured teasing.

Answer 36

Raillery

Question 37

Characterized by a joking manner.

Answer 37

Jocular

Question 38

To entertain.

Answer 38

Regale

Question 39

A written piece that pokes fun or ridicules.

Answer 39

Lampoon

Question 40

Humorously critical; using sarcasm.

Answer 40

Satirical

Question 41

To describe vaguely.

Answer 41

Adumbrate

Question 42

Impossible to break through.

Answer 42

Impenetrable

Question 43

Mysterious.

Answer 43

Arcane

Question 44

Incapable of being affected.

Answer 44

Impervious

Question 45

Hidden or concealed.

Answer 45

Covert

Question 46

Calm and serene.

Answer 46

Limpid

Question 47

To draw out.

Answer 47

Educe

Question 48

To show or demonstrate plainly; to reveal.

Answer 48

Manifest

Question 49

To comprehend.

Answer 49

Fathom

Question 50

Cloudy; hazy

Answer 50

Nebulous

Question 51

Attached in a subordinate position.

Answer 51

Adjunct

Question 52

Widely spread or scattered.

Answer 52

Diffuse

Question 53

To unite.

Answer 53

Amalgamate

Question 54

To branch out.

Answer 54

Diverge

Question 55

A colleague.

Answer 55

Compatriot

Question 56

Equality.

Answer 56

Parity.

Question 57

A secret meeting.

Answer 57

Conclave

Question 58

The interaction of merged forces resulting in greater effect.

Answer 58

Synergy

Question 59

Adjacent.

Answer 59

Contiguous

Question 60

To surpass.

Answer 60

Transcend

Question 61

Self-evident.

Answer 61

Axiomatic

Question 62

To explain away with self-satisfying but incorrect reasons.

Answer 62

Rationalize

Question 63

Authoritative and complete.

Answer 63

Definitive

Question 64

Disproving an argument.

Answer 64

Rebuttal

Question 65

The exchanging of opposing logical arguments.

Answer 65

Dialectic

Question 66

To reject the validity of.

Answer 66

Repudiate

Question 67

Relying on observation.

Answer 67

Empirical

Question 68

Flimsy.

Answer 68

Tenuous

Question 69

To assume beforehand.

Answer 69

Presuppose

Question 70

Provable.

Answer 70

Verifiable

Question 71

Noisy confusion.

Answer 71

Bedlam

Question 72

Overly sentimental.

Answer 72

Maudlin

Question 73

To abridge and simplify a work.

Answer 73

Bowderlize

Question 74

To enthrall.

Answer 74

Mesmerize

Question 75

A prejudiced belief in the superiority of one’s group.

Answer 75

Chauvinism

Question 76

An outline against a dark background.

Answer 76

Silhouette

Question 77

Very severe.

Answer 77

Draconian

Question 78

Extremely loud.

Answer 78

Stentorian

Question 79

A rigid disciplinarian.

Answer 79

Martinet

Question 80

Enormous.

Answer 80

Titanic

Question 81

To glorify or praise.

Answer 81

Exalt

Question 82

Terse.

Answer 82

Laconic

Question 83

To appeal strongly.

Answer 83

Exhort

Question 84

Not allowing refusal.

Answer 84

Peremptory

Question 85

Wordy and rambling.

Answer 85

Garrulous

Question 86

A controversial argument.

Answer 86

Polemic

Question 87

The essence; the central idea.

Answer 87

Gist

Question 88

Lively.

Answer 88

Vivacious

Question 89

Excessively dramatic.

Answer 89

Histrionic

Question 90

Offensively loud and forceful.

Answer 90

Vociferous

Question 91

To wither away.

Answer 91

Atrophy

Question 92

A usually fatal epidemic disease.

Answer 92

Pestilence

Question 93

To sap the energy of.

Answer 93

Debilitate

Question 94

To reduce to extreme weakness.

Answer 94

Prostrate

Question 95

Black-and-blue

Answer 95

Livid

Question 96

Favorable to good health.

Answer 96

Salubrious

Question 97

About to die.

Answer 97

Moribund

Question 98

A cause of great devastation.

Answer 98

Scourge

Question 99

Poisonous.

Answer 99

Noxious

Question 100

Completely uninjured.

Answer 100

Unscathed