Week 4

Question 1

aptly

Answer 1

in a way that is suitable or right for a particular situation

Question 2

ascribed (something to something)

Answer 2

to believe or say that something is caused by something else

Question 3

caveats

Answer 3

a warning to consider something before taking any more action, or a statement that limits a more general statement

Question 4

dog

Answer 4

to cause difficulties

Question 5

embellishing

Answer 5

to make something more beautiful by adding something to it

Question 6

fostered

Answer 6

to encourage the development or growth of ideas or feelings

Question 7

amassing

Answer 7

to get a large amount of something, especially money or information, by collecting it over a long period

Question 8

arbitrary

Answer 8

based on chance rather than being planned or based on reason

Question 9

bemoaned

Answer 9

to complain or express sadness about something

Question 10

corrosive

Answer 10

harmful and causing bad feelings

Question 11

demise

Answer 11

the death of a person

Question 12

embedded

Answer 12

If an emotion, opinion, etc. is embedded in someone or something, it is a very strong or important part of him, her, or it

Question 13

incurring

Answer 13

to experience something, usually something unpleasant, as a result of actions you have taken

Question 14

instil

Answer 14

to put a feeling, idea, or principle gradually into someone’s mind, so that it has a strong influence on the way that person thinks or behaves

Question 15

inundated

Answer 15

to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all

Question 16

mandated

Answer 16

the authority given to an elected group of people, such as a government, to perform an action or govern a country

Question 17

prowess

Answer 17

great ability or skill

Question 18

pulverize

Answer 18

to press or crush something until it becomes powder or a soft mass

Question 19

rigorous

Answer 19

careful to look at or consider every part of something to make certain it is correct or safe

Question 20

topic sentence

Answer 20

Introduces topic, outlines paragraph

Question 21

supporting sentences

Answer 21

Elaborate on the idea of the topic sentence

Question 22

concluding sentence

Answer 22

Sums up paragraph, restates main idea

Question 23

literary point

Answer 23

Your interpretation of the text

Question 24

literary proof

Answer 24

Summary/paraphrase/quotation from primary or secondary text

Question 25

literary significance

Answer 25

Analysis