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2017/2018 Vocab #4

Quiz by Sherrie Buchanan

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  • Q1
    having an unknown author or origin
    superfluous
    disastrous
    anonymous
    cantankerous
    30s
  • Q2
    bad tempered and quarrelsome
    ridiculous
    cantankerous
    superfluous
    anonymous
    30s
  • Q3
    to give comfort in a time of distress
    foreshadow
    regard
    flail
    console
    30s
  • Q4
    to wave about wildly, especially one’s arms and legs
    quail
    detail
    impale
    flail
    30s
  • Q5
    doing or desiring to do evil to others
    personified
    malevolent
    nutrient
    valient
    30s
  • Q6
    a miraculous gift
    minimal
    manna
    manic
    manual
    30s
  • Q7
    renewed confidence or belief
    remember
    regurgitate
    resurgence
    reassurance
    30s
  • Q8
    doubtful or disbelieving
    sketchy
    skeptical
    scurry
    scour
    30s
  • Q9
    to spread thickly
    smattering
    slather
    setting
    slang
    30s
  • Q10
    a scene in a novel, movie, etc. set in an earlier time than the main story
    foreshadow
    flashback
    inference
    prediction
    30s
  • Q11
    a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words
    idiom
    adverbs
    nicknames
    simile
    30s
  • Q12
    a type of language that consists of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people.
    slang
    hyperbole
    folk tales
    superstition
    30s
  • Q13
    the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman
    dehumanizing
    edification
    personification
    digitization
    30s
  • Q14
    the time and place in which a narrative occurs
    setting
    novel
    climax
    resolution
    30s
  • Q15
    clues or hints signaling events that will happen later
    conclusion
    foreshadowing
    inference
    prediction
    30s

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