Vocab List 5

Question 0

Eminent

Answer 0

adj.

high-standing; great

Question 1

Agility

Answer 1

n.

Ability to move quickly and easily

Question 2

Arbitrate

Answer 2

v.

To settle or decide by listening to both sides of an argument

Question 3

Accrue

Answer 3

To increase over time

Question 4

Benign

Answer 4

adj:

kind; gracious

Question 5

Guile

Answer 5

n.

Sly dealings; skill in deceiving

Question 6

Obstinate

Answer 6

adj.

unreasonably stubborn

Question 7

Frugal

Answer 7

Adj.

Thrifty; careful with money

Question 8

Duress

Answer 8

n.

Pressure

Question 9

Conceit

Answer 9

An extended metaphor that is drawn out within a piece of literature

Question 10

Consonance

Answer 10

The repetition of consonant sounds

Question 11

Couplet

Answer 11

To rhyming lines of iambic pentameter that together present a single idea or connection

Question 12

Dactylic Meter

Answer 12

In metrical foot and poetry that consists of two stressed syllables followed by one unstressed syllable
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Question 13

Dialect

Answer 13

The language and speech idiosyncrasies of a specific area, region, or group of people.