Vocab I
(n.) a gift or blessing
What is boon?
(n.) keen insight
What is acumen?
The general character or attitude of a piece of writing
Ex: "Oh, just get a job? Yeah, why don’t I just strap on my job helmet and squeeze down into a job cannon, and fire off into jobland where jobs grow on jobbies!"
What is tone?
Athos, Porthos, Aramis
What is Three Musketeers?
The plural of this hoofed animal that resembles a deer but is native to the arctic is "moose."
What is moose?
(adj.) hard-working, persistent, attentive, diligent
What is assiduous?
(v.) To strike with force
What is buffet?
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
Ex: "The boy ran hurriedly," reads differently than, "Hurriedly, the boy ran."
What is syntax?
It's when you get your peanuts for all your hard work
What is Payday?
The plural of this word, which refers to a type of fungus, is "fungi."
What is fungus?
(v.) to polish, rub to a shine
What is burnish?
(adj.) (especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright.
What is acerbic?
Insulting, abrasive, or highly critical writing.
"What, are you chicken?"
What is invective?
An article called the Chicago Bears of 1938 this kind of team since they set "a season's record of 56 fumbles."
What is a Butterfinger?
The plural of this large herbivorous mammal, often associated with the Serengeti, is "oxen."
What is an ox?
(v.) take or claim (something) without justification
What is arrogate?
(n) a person or thing detested or loathed
What is anathema?
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
"All men are human; all humans are mortal; therefore all men are mortal."
What is syllogism?
This purrrfect club of Whig leaders in London sounds just like a chocolate wafer bar.
What is a kit-kat?
The plural of this word for a person of high intelligence is "genii"
What is genius?
(v.) to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
What is abjure?
(adj.) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities; marked by rude or peremptory shortness
What is brusque?
Repetition of the first phrase in a sentence.
Ex: "So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania..."
What is anaphora?
NASA called the activity of this type of galaxy "reminiscent of the end of a pyrotechnics show"
What is a starburst?
The plural of this word, describing a focus of worship or devotion, is "criteria."
What is criterion?