vocab unit 3

Question 0

Cavort

Answer 0

(V.) to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry

Question 1

Articulate

Answer 1

(V.) to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint or joints
(Adj.) expressed creaky and forceful; able to employ language clearly and forcefully; jointed

Question 2

Credence

Answer 2

(N.) belief, mental acceptance

Question 3

Decry

Answer 3

(V.) to condemn, express strong disproval; to officially depreciate

Question 4

Dissemble

Answer 4

(V.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression

Question 5

Distraught

Answer 5

(Adj.) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

Question 6

Eulogy

Answer 6

(N.) a formal statement of commendation; high praise

Question 7

Evince

Answer 7

(V.) to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke

Question 8

Exhume

Answer 8

(V.) to remove from a grave, to bring to light

Question 9

Feckless

Answer 9

(Adj.) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable

Question 10

Murky

Answer 10

(Adj.) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking clarity and precision

Question 11

Nefarious

Answer 11

(Adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid or moral standards

Question 12

Piquant

Answer 12

(Adj.) stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative

Question 13

Primordial

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(Adj.) developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage ; fundamental, basic

Question 14

Propinquity

Answer 14

(N.) nearness in place or time; kinship

Question 15

Unwonted

Answer 15

(Adj.) not usual or expected; not in character

Question 16

Utopian

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(Adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

Question 17

Verbiage

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(N.) language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression

Question 18

Verdant

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(Adj.) green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement

Question 19

Viscous

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(Adj.) having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity

Question 20

Chaismus

Answer 20

A verbal pattern in which the second half if an expression is balanced agains the first but with the parts reversed

Question 21

Colloquial

Answer 21

Characteristic of writing that seeks the effect of informal spoken language as distinct from formal or literary English

Question 22

Connotation

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The emotional implications that a word may carry

Question 23

Concession

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An argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer acknowledge the validity of an opponents point

Question 24

Coordination

Answer 24

The grammatical connection of two or more ideas to give them equal emphasis and importance. Contrast with subordination