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Take 'em Back
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Because the college campus lacked ____________, he transferred to an HBCU (Historically Black College or University).
What is Diversity?
100
a word meaning the same as commence.
What is initiate?
100
"A figure of speech where animals ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics. One example of this is James Stephens's poem ""The Wind"" in which wind preforms several actions. In the poem Stephens writes "The wind stood up and gave a shout. He whistled on his two fingers.""
What is personification?
100
He has been ________ charged with aggravated battery, criminal recklessness and carrying a handgun without a license; we will have to see what happens when he goes to trial.
What is preliminarily?
100
The use of Twitter has become so ________ in our culture that some people actually use the word “hashtag” in spoken conversations!
What is pervasive?
200
He was a garrulous boy, so much that his mother often admonished that he shut up.
What is Garrulous?
200
a word that LITERALLY means to "rise above."
What is transcend?
200
the repetition of words phrases sentences that have the same grammatical structure or that restate a similar idea. Restatement is repetition of an entire idea in different words. Structuralism ___________ is the repetition of a word or entire sentence pattern. Antithesis is connecting ideas that are opposite rather than similar.
What is Parallelism?
200
“The brunch is simply _________," cried Daphne as she examined the buffet full of expensive food and drink of every sort imaginable.
What is sumptuous?
200
Believe it or not, Donald Trump has the most _______ Twitter following of any Republican candidate.
What is diverse ?
300
His story was one of extreme hardship, but his counselor had to maintain a rather __________ approach.
What is Clinical?
300
a word meaning the same as ostentatious.
What is histrionic?
300
A combination of contradictory terms like compassionate conservative.
What is Oxymoron?
300
James was really nervous, but when Kellie ______________ conversation, he become a little more relaxed.
What is initiated?
300
All in all, this novella will _______ any reader who picks it up, and I hope I’ve inspired at least some of you to read this thought-provoking book.
What is engross?
400
As the festivities ___________________, Johnny suddenly realized he had no interest in the event.
What is commenced?
400
a word meaning the same as decay and destitution.
What is squalor?
400
A device that depends on the existence of at least two separate and contrasting levels of meaning embedded in one message. Verbal ______ is sarcasm when the speaker says something other than what they really mean. In dramatic _______ the audience is more aware than the characters in a work. Situational _______ occurs when the opposite of what is expected happens. This type of ______ often emphasizes that people are caught in forces beyond their comprehension and control.
What is Irony?
400
The playwright Tennessee Williams is known for creating ________ female characters; for these leading ladies, even the slightest agitation inspires an outburst of tears!
What is histrionic?
400
Hester Prynne’s character has _______ time in that her apparent sins and storyline resurfaced in a modern interpretation of the canonical text in the film Easy A.
What is transcended ?
500
The ________ hiring of the boss’ son as Vice President was greatly resented by the other workers in the organization who had been looking for promotions. In an uproar, many employees went out in __________ of other employment opportunities.
What is nepotistic? What is pursuit?
500
a word meaning the same as snobbish. a word that is synonymous with teasing.
What is patronizing? What is banter?
500
A brief quotation which appears at the beginning of a literary work.
What is an Epigraph?
500
John was _________ after his girlfriend of 5 years decided to invite a different beau to their senior prom.
What is chagrined?
500
Many Americans believe in ghosts even though there is no verifiable ______ evidence that demonstrates their existence. Though someone's death is _________ in nature, the idea of ghosts is a place for refuge for their beloved.
What is empirical? What is elegiac?