Vocabulary Week 4

Question 0

Imperious

Answer 0

Arrogantly domineering or overbearing

Question 1

Haughty

Answer 1

Arrogant; vainly proud

Question 2

Patronizing

Answer 2

Treating in a condescending manner

Question 3

Convoluted

Answer 3

Intricate; complex

Question 4

Cryptic

Answer 4

Difficult to comprehend

Question 5

Futile

Answer 5

Having no useful purpose; pointless

Question 6

Impede

Answer 6

To slow the progress of

Question 7

Obscure

Answer 7

Relatively unkown

Question 8

Obscure(v)

Answer 8

To conceal or make indistinct

Question 9

Quandary

Answer 9

A state of uncertainty or perplexity

Question 10

Asterism us

Answer 10

Mocking answer or humorous answer that plays on a word

Question 11

Asterismos

Answer 11

Beginning a segment of speech with an exclamation of a word

Question 12

Asyndeton

Answer 12

Omission of conjunctions between related causes

Question 13

Cacophony

Answer 13

Words producing a harsh sound

Question 14

Classification

Answer 14

Linking a proper noun and a common noun with an article

Question 15

Chiasmus

Answer 15

Two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point