Words for Multiple Choice

Question 0

antithesis

Answer 0

opposition or contrast of ideas, direct opposite; figure of speech in which opposing ideas are presented with parallel structure

Question 1

qualify

Answer 1

to place limits on by making less general or adding phrase that restricts your argument to certain situations (Unqualified, qualified, further qualified)

Question 2

apostrophe

Answer 2

figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction. an address to someone or something that cannot answer.

Question 3

treatise

Answer 3

written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject; synonyms = essay, dissertation, thesis, study, critique

Question 4

anticlimax

Answer 4

disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise

Question 5

syntax

Answer 5

arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in language. discussion of syntax often is on how the author arranges words and phrases to create a particular style or tone.

Question 6

subordinate clause

Answer 6

Dependent clause, depends on main clause to complete its meaning and be part of a grammatically correct sentence; contain subject and a verb, cannot stand alone

Question 7

imperative verb

Answer 7

forms commands or requests, imply a second-person subject; used for ordering, requesting, or advising

Question 8

empirical

Answer 8

based on, concerned with, verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic; synonyms = experiential, practical, heuristic, firsthand

Question 9

empiricism

Answer 9

philosophical theory which states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience.

Question 10

deplore

Answer 10

feel or express strong disapproval of something

Question 11

idiosyncratic

Answer 11

something peculiar to an individual

Question 12

self-effacing

Answer 12

adj. keeping oneself in the background, as in humility

n. self-effacement

Question 13

satiate

Answer 13

1. to fill or supply beyond capacity or desire, often arousing weariness 2. to supply to satisfaction or capacity
   n. satiety (fullness)

Question 14

endow

Answer 14

v. 1. to provide with a permanent fund or source of income
2. to furnish, as with some talent, faculty, or quality; equip
n. endowment; permanent fund or source of income

Question 15

pecuniary

Answer 15

1. of or relating to money

2. consisting of or given or exacted in money or monetary payments

Question 16

engender

Answer 16

v. to produce, cause, or give rise to
2. to beget, procreate
v. 3. to be produced or caused; come into existence

Question 17

meritocracy

Answer 17

1. elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent
2. system in which such persons are rewarded and advanced
3. leadership by able and talented persons

Question 18

declamatory

Answer 18

1. pertaining to or characterized by an exercise in oratory (speech) or elocution as in the recitation of a classic speech
2. merely oratorical or rhetorical; stilted

Question 19

petulant

Answer 19

moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance

Question 20

apportion

Answer 20

v. to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution

Question 21

staunch

Answer 21

1. firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, as a person
2. characterized by firmness, steadfastness, or loyalty
3. strong, substantial
4. impervious to water or other liquids; watertight
   v. alternate spelling for stanch-to stop the flow of

Question 22

constitute

Answer 22

1. to compose; form
2. appoint to an office or function; make or create
3. to establish (laws, an institution)
4. to give legal form to
5. to create or be tantamount to

Question 23

constituent

Answer 23

adj. 1. serving to compose or make up a thing, component
2. having power to frame or alter a political constitution or fundamental law, as distinguished from lawmaking power
n. 3. constituent element, material; component
4. person who authorizes another to act in his or her behalf
5. Grammar, an element considered as ppart of a construction