Words

Question 1

Logos
Ethos
Pathos

Answer 1

An appeal to logic
Establishing credibility
An appeal to emotion

Question 2

Ad Hominem

Answer 2

Appealing to emotion rather than logic, targeting someone’s personality as opposed to their ideas

Question 3

Misogyny

Answer 3

Hatred of (or discrimination against) women

Question 4

Conundrum

Answer 4

A puzzle or a riddle

Question 5

Recalcitrant

Answer 5

Someone who resists authority or is hard to deal with

Question 6

Diatribe

Answer 6

A forceful or bitter verbal attack against someone or something

Question 7

Ruminate

Answer 7

To think deeply something

Question 8

Rapscallion

Answer 8

A rascal, a scoundrel, a mischief maker

Question 9

Denotation

Connotation

Answer 9

The literal or dictionary definition of a word

The implied meaning of a word

Question 10

Discombobulate

Answer 10

Confuse, disorient, or frustrate

Question 11

Symbolic annihilation

Answer 11

The absence of representation, or an underrepresentation of a group of people in the media.
Three aspects: omission, trivialization, and condemnation

Question 12

Kerfuffle

Answer 12

A disturbance, disruption, or commotion

Question 13

Innocuous

Answer 13

Not likely to bother or offend anyone, causing no injury

Question 14

Vignette

Answer 14

A short written description, a short scene from a movie or play

Question 15

Insidious

Answer 15

Causing harm in a way that is gradual or not easily noticed

Question 16

Digress

Answer 16

To stray off the main topic in writing or speaking

Question 17

Cajole

Answer 17

To persuade by flattery or promises

Question 18

Iconoclast

Answer 18

One who challenges traditional or widely held beliefs

Question 19

Dubious

Answer 19

Hesitant or doubting

Question 20

Catharsis

Answer 20

The process of releasing a sting emotion

Question 21

Euphony

Cacophony

Answer 21

Sounds that are pleasant

Sounds that are unpleasant

Question 22

Allusion

Answer 22

A brief or indirect reference to something of cultural/ political/historical/ literary relevance

Question 23

Oxymoron

Answer 23

A combination of contradictory words

Question 24

Alliteration

Answer 24

A number of words having the same consonant sound at the beginning, in close succession

Question 25

Cliche

Answer 25

An expression that is so overused that it loses its novelty or creativity

Question 26

Assonance

Answer 26

The repetition of a vowel in non-rhyming words. Words must be close enough together for the repetition to be noticeable

Question 27

Benevolent

Answer 27

Well-meaning, kindly, serving a charitable cause

Question 28

Mercurial

Answer 28

Quick and changeable in temperament, erratic, or unstable

Question 29

Ephemeral

Answer 29

Lasting for a very short time

Question 30

Rectify

Answer 30

To rectify something that is wrong is to make it right, correct or remedy it

Question 31

Nostalgia

Answer 31

A sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations

Question 32

Ideosyncracy

Answer 32

A peculiarity of personality or temperament, an individualizing characteristic

Question 33

Vacillate

Answer 33

Alternate or waver between different opinions or actions, be indecisive

Question 34

Iconoclast

Answer 34

One who challenges traditional or widely held beliefs

Question 35

Indelible

Answer 35

Something that can’t be erased or washed away, is permanent