Vocab Quiz #4

Question 1

rife

Answer 1

full of, abundant

Question 2

paucity

Answer 2

smallness of number or quantity

Question 3

impromptu

Answer 3

on the spot, spur on the moment

refers to actions

Question 4

extemporaneous

Answer 4

on the spot, without study

need to write about speaking

Question 5

dulcet

Answer 5

pleasing to the ear, sounds sweet

Question 6

serendipity

Answer 6

a fortunate accident

-finding money on the ground

Question 7

destitute

Answer 7

lacking something needed
suffering extreme poverty
EX: food, water, shelter

Question 8

proffer

Answer 8

offer

Question 9

braggadocio (noun)

braggadocious (adj)

Answer 9

someone thinks that they are all that, showy, cocky

Question 10

snivel

Answer 10

to run at the nose
to speak or act in a whining, sniffling, tearful
“crying whiner”

Question 11

invective

Answer 11

insulting or abusive language

Question 12

chimera

Answer 12

something oddly put together
anytime you put three things together that dont actually fit
bad connotation

Question 13

Bifurcation

Answer 13

Reducing possibilities to only two options

ex: I have noticed some problems with your plan. We need to make a new plan or just give up entirely.

Question 14

False Cause

Answer 14

Turns a coincidence or a correlation into a cause

Question 15

Hasty Generalization

Answer 15

Concludes too much from too little

Question 16

Sweeping Generalization

Answer 16

Misapplies a true principle to a situation that is exceptional

Question 17

Red Herring

Answer 17

Presents an irrelevancy to distract from the original issue

EX: A wife asks, “Does this shirt make me look fat?” and the husband replies, “I love how the color makes your eyes shine” and then walks out of the room.