word of the day 2

Question 1

personification

Answer 1

giving human qualities to in animate objects

Question 2

resolution

Answer 2

The final outcome of a narrative

Question 3

dismal

Answer 3

causing the gloom or depression; dreary

Question 4

emphatically

Answer 4

expressing something in a forceful manner

Question 5

chronic

Answer 5

of long duration; continuing; marked by frequent reoccurrence

Question 6

inane

Answer 6

lacking sense or substance

Question 7

mediocrity

Answer 7

of moderate to low quality; average

Question 8

compelling

Answer 8

forceful; urgently requiring attention

Question 9

compliance

Answer 9

The act of behaving in accordance with a request or demand

Question 10

anarchy

Answer 10

The absence of government; lawlessness

Question 11

encroach

Answer 11

to trust pass or intrude gradually or stealthily

Question 12

initiate

Answer 12

to set into action by taking the first step

Question 13

denounce

Answer 13

to condemn openly; to criticize

Question 14

vindicated

Answer 14

cleared of accusation or blame

Question 15

dispensation

Answer 15

an exemption from a law or vow

Question 16

derision

Answer 16

ridicule; jeering laughter

Question 17

reticent

Answer 17

keeping one’s thoughts to oneself; restrained

Question 18

aesthetic

Answer 18

concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste

Question 19

parody

Answer 19

A humorous imitation

Question 20

brusque

Answer 20

rudely abrupt in manner or speech