Words to Know #2

Question 1

Aeriform

Answer 1

Having the nature of air; lacking substance or real existence.

Question 2

Aggregation

Answer 2

A group, body, or mass composed of many distinct parts or individuals. The collecting of units or parts into a mass or whole.

Question 3

Alchemist

Answer 3

A person who studies or practices the ability to transform things for the better, real, or imagined.

Question 4

Analogy

Answer 4

A comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect.

Question 5

Caricature

Answer 5

Exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics.

Question 6

Complex Syntax

Answer 6

A sentence that contains an independent clause and a dependent clause.

Question 7

Confervae

Answer 7

A genus of filamentous green algae containing a number of species of doubtful relationship many of which are now placed in the genus.

Question 8

Connotation

Answer 8

Something suggested by a word or thing. The suggestion of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes.

Question 9

Decelerate

Answer 9

To reduce the speed of; slow down.

Question 10

Democratized

Answer 10

Relating to one of the two major political parties; relating to the masses of the people. Forwarding social equality.

Question 11

Deprave

Answer 11

To speak ill of or to make bad; corrupt.

Question 12

Derogation

Answer 12

To cause to seem inferior. To take away a part so as to impair. To act beneath one’s position or character.

Question 13

Diffuse

Answer 13

Being of one verbose and ill-organized. Not concentrated or localized.

Question 14

Diversion

Answer 14

The act or an instance of turning from one course to another or straying from course, activity, or use.

Question 15

Empirical

Answer 15

Originating in or based on observation or experience. Relying on experience or observation alone often without due regard for system and theory.

Question 16

Epoch

Answer 16

An event or time marked by an event that begins a new period or development. An instant of time used as reference.

Question 17

Extended Analogy

Answer 17

Suggesting that because two things are alike in some way and one of those things is like something else, then both things must be like that “something else.”`

Question 18

Formal Diction

Answer 18

The use of sophisticated language, without slang or colloquialisms.

Question 19

Hermetic

Answer 19

Of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries and attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. Subjects that are mysterious or difficult to understand.

Question 20

Heterogeneous

Answer 20

Consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents.

Question 21

Infinite

Answer 21

Extending indefinitely. Immeasurably or inconceivably great or extensive. No limit.

Question 22

Inorganic

Answer 22

Being or composed of matter other than plant or animal. Lacking structure, character, or vitality.

Question 23

Jurisdiction

Answer 23

The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.

Question 24

Master-mechanism

Answer 24

A device. An original form which copies can be made.

Question 25

Nostalgic

Answer 25

Longing for or thinking fondly of a past time or condition.

Question 26

Organic

Answer 26

Of, relating to, yielding, or involving the use of food produced with the use of feed or fertilizer of plant or animal origin.

Question 27

Paraphernalia

Answer 27

The separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life. Personal belongings.

Question 28

Parody

Answer 28

A literary or musical work in which the style of the author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule.

Question 29

Periodic Sentence

Answer 29

A usually complex sentence that has no subordinate or trailing elements following its principal clause.
Ex. Yesterday while I was walking down the street, I saw him.

Question 30

Phenomena

Answer 30

An observable fact or event. An object or aspect known through the senses rather than by thought or intuition.

Question 31

Polype

Answer 31

The sessile form of cnidarian typically having a hollow cylindrical body closed and attaches at one end and opening at the other by a central mouth.

Question 32

Process Analysis

Answer 32

Explaining how to do something, how something works, or both.

Question 33

Proverb

Answer 33

A brief popular epigram or maxim. Stating a general truth or piece of advice.

Question 34

Quantifiable Evidence

Answer 34

Something that can be measured or counted in a scientific way.

Question 35

Revenue

Answer 35

The total income produced by a given source.

Question 36

Classification

Answer 36

Arranging people, objects, or ideas with shared characteristics into classes or groups.

Question 37

Compare and Contrast

Answer 37

Analyzing two or more things, using an established logical system.

Question 38

Bandwagon Appeal

Answer 38

A logic fallacy that suggests that because a belief, action, or trend is already popular, everyone should adopt it.

Question 39

Factual Reporting

Answer 39

Concerned with facts or contains facts, rather than giving theories or opinions.

Question 40

Attacking the Counterargument

Answer 40

Opposing an argument that opposes another argument.

Question 41

Stigma

Answer 41

A mark of shame or discredit. An identifying mark or characteristic. A specific diagnostic sign of a disease.

Question 42

Stagnant

Answer 42

Not flowing in a current or stream. Without inflow and outflow. Not advancing or developing.

Question 43

Syntactic Clarity

Answer 43

The way we put together a sentence and give information in a logical order so that readers understand it easily.

Question 44

Transmutation

Answer 44

The conversion of one element or nuclide into another either naturally or artificially.

Question 45

Understatement

Answer 45

A statement that represents something as smaller or less intense, or less important than it really is.

Question 46

Utmost

Answer 46

Situated at the farthest or most distant point. The highest, greatest, or best of one’s abilities, powers, and resources.

Question 47

Vituperative

Answer 47

Uttering or given to censure; containing or characterized by verbal abuse. Bitter or abusive.