Vocab Sheet 2

Question 1

One who or that which precedes or goes before as in time place rank order or causality

Answer 1

Antecedent

Question 2

A collection of extracts from the writings of various artists

Answer 2

Anthology

Question 3

A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said

Answer 3

Anticlimax

Question 4

One who collects and examines old things, as coins, book, medals, weapons etc.

Answer 4

Antiquary

Question 5

The inversion of terms in successive classes as in “the home of joy” and “the joy go home”

Answer 5

Antistrophe

Question 6

Hole

Answer 6

Aperture

Question 7

Climax

Answer 7

Apogee

Question 8

Deification

Answer 8

Apotheosis

Question 9

Capable of being appealed to

Answer 9

Appellate

Question 10

Of or pertaining to a tree or trees

Answer 10

Arboreal

Question 11

A prototype

Answer 11

Archetype

Question 12

Intensity of passion or affection

Answer 12

Ardor

Question 13

Something overdue and unpaid

Answer 13

Arrear

Question 14

Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion

Answer 14

Ascetic

Question 15

The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore

Answer 15

Assay

Question 16

To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease

Answer 16

Assuage

Question 17

To certify as accurate, genuine, or true

Answer 17

Attest

Question 18

To predict

Answer 18

Augur

Question 19

Any one who claims or wields unrestricted authority or influence

Answer 19

Autocrat

Question 20

Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical

Answer 20

Automaton

Question 21

Passion for getting and keeping riches

Answer 21

Avarice

Question 22

To assert as a fact

Answer 22

Aver

Question 23

Malignant

Answer 23

Baleful

Question 24

Commonplace

Answer 24

Banal

Question 25

A narrow strip of wood

Answer 25

Batten

Question 26

To make supremely happy

Answer 26

Beatify

Question 27

Madhouse

Answer 27

Bedlam

Question 28

Warlike

Answer 28

Bellicose

Question 29

To give by will

Answer 29

Bequeath

Question 30

The passion for collecting books

Answer 30

Bibliomania