Vocab Ch. 1 and 12

5 Written Questions

1. (v.) to draw fourth, bring out from some source (such as another person) SYN: call forth, extract
2. (adj.) excessively smooth ot smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincereity, or piety; fatty; oily; pliable SYN: mealymouthed; greasy
3. (v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed SYN: surpass
4. (adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset SYN: irritable, testy
5. (v.) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning SYN: protest

5 Matching Questions

1. caricature
2. paraphrase
3. winsome
4. simulate
5. jaded

1. a (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) SYN: sated, cloyed
2. b (v.) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of SYN: pretend, feign
3. c (adj.) charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence)
   SYNONYMS: winning, engaging, delightful, prepossessing
   ANTONYMS: unattractive, unappealing, repulsive
4. d (v.) to restate in other words (n.) a statement that presents a given idea in new language
   SYNONYMS: (v.) reword, rephrase; (n.) a rendition, version
   ANTONYMS: (v.) repeat verbatim, duplicate, quote
5. e (n.) a representation (especially a drawing) in which the subject's characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated; (v.) to present someone in a deliberately distorted way
   SYNONYMS: (n.) cartoon, burlesque, parody, lampoon

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (adj.) pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside; (n.) a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony SYN: (adj.) naive, narrow-minded
   1. politic
   2. provincial
   3. prosaic
   4. implicit
2. (adj.) extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive, profuse, lush
   SYNONYMS: unnecessary, superfluous, verbose, prolix
   ANTONYMS: succinct, terse laconic, scarce, inadequate
   1. enthrall
   2. redundant
   3. petulant
   4. enhance
3. (v.) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement SYN: intervene, mediate
   1. enthrall
   2. intercede
   3. extenuate
   4. incisive
4. (adj.) sparking, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities)
   SYNONYMS: stimulating, lively, glittering, flashing
   ANTONYMS: dull, boring, insipid, flat, tame, vapid
   1. incisive
   2. scintillating
   3. caricature
   4. simulate
5. (n.) a loud ringing sound (v.) to make a loud ringing noise
   SYNONYMS: (n.) din, clamor, uproar
   ANTONYMS: (n.) silence, stillness, peace and quiet
   1. clangor
   2. elicit
   3. paragon
   4. coalition

5 True/False Questions

1. politic → (adj.) prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient
   SYNONYMS: tactful, diplomatic, judicious, circumspect
   ANTONYMS: unwise, injudicious, impurdent, rash

   True        False

2. absolve → (v.) to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt
   SYNONYMS: acquit, exonerate, vindicate, excuse, pardon
   ANTONYMS: condemn, convict, incriminate, inculpate

   True        False

3. prerogative → (adj.) dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-or-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic
   SYNONYMS: commonplace, humdrum, literal, pedestrian
   ANTONYMS: remarkable, distinctive, poetic, inspired

   True        False

4. hackneyed → (adj.) used so often as to lack freshness or originality SYN: corny, commonplace

   True        False

5. ostentatious → (adj.) harmful, injurious
   SYNONYMS: detrimental, destructive, pernicious, damaging
   ANTONYMS: helpful, beneficial, harmless, innocuous

   True        False