Week 6 Vocabulary

Question 1

Rhetoric

Answer 1

Study or use of language; “She asked a rhetorical question, but he answered anyways

Question 2

Dogmatic

Answer 2

Strongly expressive of opinions of beliefs; Grandpa was dogmatic about his political views.

Question 3

Philippic

Answer 3

Tirade verbal fit using harsh& insulting words; Dad unleashed a philippic when I got a bad grade

Question 4

Pandemic

Answer 4

Large widespread; AIDS has spread in pandemic proportions around the world

Question 5

Idyllic

Answer 5

Ideal:charming: peaceful; Plato created an idyllic world in utopia

Question 6

Cryptic

Answer 6

Hidden meaning; code;ambiguous; His writing is so bad, his notes are cryptic

Question 7

Choleric

Answer 7

Mad; hot-tempered; extremely; angry; The bullfighter ran from the choleric bull.

Question 8

Peccadillo

Answer 8

Minor offense; slight sin; Not turning in homework is a peccadillo compared to failing a make up a test.

Question 9

Emphatic

Answer 9

Expressively; Mom emphatically told me to be home by midnight

Question 10

Logistics

Answer 10

Strategy; managements of details; planning; The logistics of getting in and out of the mall at Christmas time are complex

Question 11

idio

Answer 11

Personal Private; idol; idolize

Question 12

ignis

Answer 12

Fire; Ignite; ignition

Question 13

infra

Answer 13

Beneath; Infrared; infrastructure

Question 14

lav, lot , lut

Answer 14

wash; lather;lavatory; lotion

Question 15

lith

Answer 15

stone; monolith; lithium

Question 16

macro

Answer 16

large excessive; macro-organism; macroeconomics

Question 17

mania

Answer 17

madness; maniac; pyromaniac

Question 18

mega

Answer 18

Great; omega; megamillions; megadome

Question 19

mem

Answer 19

Remember; memories; memo; remember

Question 20

meter

Answer 20

measure; centimeter, metric, kilometer