level: Level 1 of Chapter 15
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Level 1 of Chapter 15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| equivocation | use of ambiguous language |
| affect | to behave unnaturally; put on airs |
| veracity | truthfulness |
| apocryphal | doubtful authenticity |
| prevaricate | lie |
| verisimilitude | the quality of appearing truthful |
| frontispiece | outward appearance |
| levity | humor/frivolity |
| lampoon | publicly criticize |
| burlesque | dramatic exaggeration of something |
| witticism | a witty remark |
| epigram | clear and amusing way |
| badinage | humorous or witty conversation |
| jocular | humorous and playful |
| facetious | flippant |
| waggish | humorous in a facetious manner |
| malapropism | the mistaken use of a word |
| catachresis | incorrect use of a word |
| versifier | a writer of light verse |
| aesthete | a person interested in the pursuit of beauty |
| dilettante | one who dabbles in art |
| reprove | to scold |
| reprehensible | worthy of blame |
| irreproachable | beyond blame |
| reprove | reprimand |