Vocabulary

Question 1

Ethos

Answer 1

The beliefs or character of a group

Question 2

Euphemism (yoo fum ih zuhm)

Answer 2

using an inoffensive word or phrase to replace a distasteful one

Question 3

Euphony (yoo fuh nee)

Answer 3

Pleasant, harmonious sound

Question 4

Exacerbate

Answer 4

To make worse

Question 5

Exculpate

Answer 5

To clear from blame, prove innocent

Question 6

Exigent

Answer 6

Urgent, requiring immediate action

Question 7

Expurgate

Answer 7

to censor

Question 8

Ersatz (uhr sats)

Answer 8

Fake, imitation, mock, artifical

Question 9

Eulogy (yoo luh jee)

Answer 9

a speech in praise of someone

Question 10

Rhetoric

Answer 10

effective writing or speaking

Question 11

Zenith (zee nihth)

Answer 11

The point of culmination (highest point); peak

Question 12

Enumerate

Answer 12

to count, list, or itemize (catalog, tabulate)

Question 13

Circumspect

Answer 13

cautious, aware of potential consequences(alert, mindful, prudent, solicitous, vigilant, wary)

Question 14

Indolent

Answer 14

Habitually lazy or idle (lethargic, slothful)

Question 15

Inexorable (ihn ehk suhr uh buhl)

Answer 15

Inflexible, unyielding (adamant, obdurate, relentless)

Question 16

Pariah (puh rie uh)

Answer 16

an outcast (untouchable, derelict, castaway, offscouring)

Question 17

Meticulous

Answer 17

extremely careful, fastidious, painstaking

Question 18

Lumber

Answer 18

to move slowly and awkwardly (galumph, lurch, stumble)

Question 19

Replete (rih pleet)

Answer 19

abundantly supplied, complete (full)

Question 20

Anachronism (uh naak ruh nih suhm)

Answer 20

something out of place in time (archaism, incongruity)

Question 21

Recalcitrant

Answer 21

having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline

Question 22

Virtually

Answer 22

almost entirely : nearly