Vocabulary Lesson 17-18

Question 1

A substance used for grinding; an irritant; causing irritation.

Answer 1

Abrasive

Question 2

To bring together, to bring into harmony; to make friends again.

Answer 2

Reconcile

Question 3

To be a sign of; to indicate; to signify, to mean explicitly.

Answer 3

Denote

Question 4

Gloomy and sad; solemn and serious.

Answer 4

Somber

Question 5

An action, person, or thing that hinders or impedes; impediment; obstacle.

Answer 5

Hindrance

Question 6

Violently agitated; disorderly; stormy.

Answer 6

Turbulant

Question 7

Not capable of being made smaller or simpler.

Answer 7

Irreducible

Question 8

Last or final; basic; maximum; the final point; maximum level.

Answer 8

Ultimate

Question 9

To cause to be necessary; to force; to compel

Answer 9

Nessitated

Question 10

Not literally true; using figures of speech

Answer 10

Figurative

Question 11

Marked by special effort; dedicated; single-minded; highly concentrated.

Answer 11

Intensive

Question 12

Great joy; delight; ecstacy.

Answer 12

Rapture

Question 13

A figure of speech that compared two unlike things using like or as.

Answer 13

Simile

Question 14

A rhythmic flow or pattern (as in poetry); the time or beat of the movement in dancing or marching.

Answer 14

Cadence

Question 15

An indirect reference; a passing mention.

Answer 15

Allusion

Question 16

A misleading or false idea; mistaken reasoning.

Answer 16

Fallacy

Question 17

Acted upon rather than acting; yielding without resistance; submissive.

Answer 17

Passive

Question 18

Power; strength; force

Answer 18

Potency

Question 19

An old saying; a proverb

Answer 19

Adage

Question 20

A figure of speech that contains an implied comparison.

Answer 20

Metaphor