Wk. 6

Question 1

partisan

Answer 1

supporting a political party or cause

Question 2

martial

Answer 2

relating to war, warriors, or armed forces

Question 3

listless

Answer 3

showing little interest in anything; spiritless

Question 4

plight

Answer 4

a distressing situation

Question 5

temerity

Answer 5

bold recklessness; foolish disregard for danger

Question 6

judicious

Answer 6

having good judgment

Question 7

epithet

Answer 7

a term used to characterize a person or thing, sometimes used abusively or contempously

Question 8

foible

Answer 8

a minor weakness or character flaw

Question 9

credulous

Answer 9

willing to believe or trust too readily; gullible

Question 10

delineate

Answer 10

to draw in outline; to describe with precision

Question 11

perfidy

Answer 11

deliberate breach of faith

Question 12

amalgamation

Answer 12

the act of combining into a unified whole

Question 13

acquiesce

Answer 13

to give in quietly, to assure tactily

Question 14

tactility

Answer 14

the act of being touched

Question 15

vinc, vict

Answer 15

to conquer

Question 16

tact, tang, ting, tig

Answer 16

to touch

Question 17

spir, spirit

Answer 17

to breathe

Question 18

strict, string

Answer 18

to draw tight

Question 19

cap, cip

Answer 19

contain

Question 20

fus

Answer 20

pour

Question 21

grad, gress

Answer 21

to walk, go, stage or step

Question 22

eu

Answer 22

good, well

Question 23

sta, state, stit

Answer 23

to stand

Question 24

err

Answer 24

to travel wander

Question 25

ped

Answer 25

foot

Question 26

sci

Answer 26

to know

Question 27

fund

Answer 27

to base, bottom

Question 28

fer

Answer 28

to bear, carry

Question 29

mob, mot

Answer 29

to move

Question 30

misplaced modifier

Answer 30

when introductory phrase does not match subject

Question 31

dangling modifier

Answer 31

a word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly stated in the sentence

Question 32

limiting modifier

Answer 32

limiting adverb’s placement can drastically affect the meaning of the sentence

Question 33

red flags for MM

Answer 33

1. introductory phrases beginning with an -ed or -ing verbal (participles)
2. introductory phrases that are underlined or text immediately following them is underlined
3. introductory modifying phrase is intended to modify the first noun following the comma that follows it, but the subject doesn’t match
4. limiting modifiers are not close to what they’re modifying
5. presence of “only”