Week 7: CPD + CA, Chiasmus

Question 1

Capacious

Answer 1

Capable of holding much.
Commodious, voluminous.
The capacious room could one hundred pumpkins, although I don’t know why we’d need that many.
CA

Question 2

Didactic

Answer 2

Intended for instruction; teaching a moral lesson.
Educational, Exhortative.
In the teacher’s opinion, the didactic speech did not instruct well.

Question 3

Diurnal

Answer 3

Of or relating to the day; daily.
Regular, Commonplace.
The diurnal council meetings became less and less formal; nevertheless, the president insist they continue.
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Question 4

Ignominious

Answer 4

Marked with disgrace, or dishonor, or public contempt.
Disgraceful, Shameful.
The ignominious act of tipping a cow in India did not please the police.

Question 5

Mitigate

Answer 5

To lessen in form or intensity.
Allay, Assuage.
He mitigated the arguments by going to a counselor;undoubtedly, he wanted to work it out.
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Question 6

Palpitate

Answer 6

To pulsate with unusual rapidity.
To flutter, To tremble.
The heart suddenly began to palpitate; finally, after ten agonizing minutes, his suffering ended.
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Question 7

Phlegmatic

Answer 7

Not easily excited to action or emotion.
Apathetic, Indifferent.
The phlegmatic man hardly feels love when kissed by a fool, but somehow feels love if fooled by a kiss.

Question 8

Propitious

Answer 8

Presenting favorable conditions.
Auspicious, Opportune.
The propitious night at prom engendered love between the two; consequently, they married the next year.
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Question 9

Prostrate

Answer 9

To cast oneself down in humility or submission.
To surrender, To kowtow.
My father always told me never to prostrate against temptation.

Question 10

Allay

Answer 10

To put concerns like fear, doubt, and suspicion, to rest.
To assuage, To alleviate.
Nothing could allay the fear of the conquered people.