Vocabulary In School - Part 1

Question 1

Abstruse

Answer 1

something that is nearly impossible to understand or figure out.

Question 2

Adage (noun)

Answer 2

Wise old saying

Question 3

Apposition (noun)

Answer 3

A grammatical construction in which a noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both having the same syntactic relation to the other elements in the sentence

Question 4

Arduous

Answer 4

Difficult or painstaking

Question 5

Clarity

Answer 5

Clearness in thought and expression

Question 6

Cogent

Answer 6

something that is convincing or believable.

Question 7

Cohesive

Answer 7

Sticking together

Question 8

Compelling

Answer 8

Drivingly forceful; Urgently requiring attention

Question 9

Consensus (noun)

Answer 9

General agreement

Question 10

Convoluted

Answer 10

Intricate; complicated

Question 11

Dilatory

Answer 11

Slow or tardy

Question 12

Dogmatic

Answer 12

a. Asserting or insisting upon ideas or principles, especially when unproven or unexamined, in an imperious or arrogant manner.

Question 13

Didatic

Answer 13

used or intended for teaching or instruction

Question 14

Effusive

Answer 14

something or someone showing unrestrained emotion

Question 15

Emphasize

Answer 15

Special attention to something

Question 16

Emphatic

Answer 16

Something that is said or done with strong emotion or action.

Question 17

Enervate (verb)

Answer 17

to weaken or take away physical, mental or moral strength.

Question 18

Florid

Answer 18

highly decorated; gaudy; showy; flowery text.

Question 19

Fluid

Answer 19

Easily flowing text

Question 20

Abstract

Answer 20

not easy to understand because of being extremely complex, remote from concrete reality

Question 21

futile

Answer 21

no useful purpose

Question 22

hackneyed

Answer 22

something that has been overused or done too much; cliche

Question 23

heinous

Answer 23

Wicked; abominable

Question 24

impede (verb)

Answer 24

slow progress, to block or temporarily keep something from going forward.

Question 25

impenetrable

Answer 25

incapable of being understood

Question 26

implication (noun)

Answer 26

suggesting or hinting at something

Question 27

metonymy (noun)

Answer 27

figurative language in which one term is substituted out with a word that is closely related to it.

Question 28

indolent

Answer 28

lazy

Question 29

phenomenon

Answer 29

An unusual, significant, or unaccountable fact or occurrence; a marvel.

Question 30

poignant

Answer 30

Arousing deep emotion, especially pity or sorrow

Question 31

rapport

Answer 31

Relationship, especially one of mutual trust or emotional affinity.

Question 32

servile

Answer 32

someone who is submissive like a servant.