Words 51-60

Question 1

Nostalgia

Answer 1

Desire to return to a former time.

Question 2

Desire to return to a former time.

Answer 2

Nostalgia

Question 3

Onomatopoeia

Answer 3

A word capturing what it describes. “Buzz”

Question 4

A word capturing what it describes. “Buzz”

Answer 4

Onomatopoeia

Question 5

Oxymoron

Answer 5

Two contradictory ideas are combined in a single word/phrase

Question 6

Two contradictory ideas are combined in a single word/phrase

Answer 6

Oxymoron

Question 7

Paradox

Answer 7

A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true

Question 8

A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true

Answer 8

Paradox

Question 9

Parallelism

Answer 9

The repetition of a syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect.

Question 10

The repetition of a syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect.

Answer 10

Parallelism

Question 11

Parody

Answer 11

A humorous imitation of a particular style of writing with unusual content or ideas not typically expressed in that style.

Question 12

A humorous imitation of a particular style of writing with unusual content or ideas not typically expressed in that style.

Answer 12

Parody

Question 13

Pathos

Answer 13

The audiences anticipated emotional result

Question 14

The audiences anticipated emotional result

Answer 14

Parody

Question 15

Personification

Answer 15

Treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person.

Question 16

Treating an abstraction or nonhuman object as if it were a person.

Answer 16

Personification

Question 17

Perspective

Answer 17

A characters view of the situation or events in the story

Question 18

A characters view of the situation or events in the story

Answer 18

Perspective

Question 19

Point of view

Answer 19

The view the reader gets of the action and the characters in a story.

Question 20

The view the reader gets of the action and the characters in a story.

Answer 20

Point of view

Question 21

Inexorable

Answer 21

Unyielding. Unalterable

Question 22

Unyielding. Unalterable

Answer 22

Inexorable

Question 23

Infirmary

Answer 23

A physical weakness or ailment. A moral weakness or failing.

Question 24

A physical weakness or ailment. A moral weakness or failing.

Answer 24

Infirmary

Question 25

Insipid

Answer 25

Without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities

Question 26

Without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities

Answer 26

Insipid

Question 27

Interminable

Answer 27

Incapable of being terminated. Unceasing. Incessant.

Question 28

Incapable of being terminated. Unceasing. Incessant.

Answer 28

Interminable

Question 29

Inundate

Answer 29

To flood.

Question 30

To flood.

Answer 30

Inundate

Question 31

Languor

Answer 31

Lack of energy or vitality. Sluggishness

Question 32

Lack of energy or vitality. Sluggishness

Answer 32

Languor

Question 33

Lugubrious

Answer 33

Mournful. Dismal. Or gloomy

Question 34

Mournful dismal or gloomy

Answer 34

Lugubrious

Question 35

Magnanimous

Answer 35

Free from petty resentfulness

Question 36

Free from petty resentfulness

Answer 36

Magnanimous

Question 37

Mitigate

Answer 37

To lessen in force or intensity

Question 38

To lessen in force or intensity

Answer 38

Mitigate

Question 39

Moribund

Answer 39

In a dying state. Near death

Question 40

In a dying state. Near death

Answer 40

Moribund