Vocabulary Power Plus 4 Lesson 11

This chart concerns what?

(adj.) relating to ordinary people.

What word comes to mind?

(n.) vague bodily or emotional discomfort or uneasiness

high diction : ____ language :: slang : sophisticated language

(adj.) uncompromising; refusing to moderate

You'll find me in course catalogs often and you need me in order to proceed. What am I?

(adj.) unrelenting; persistent

Which of the following is likely to have a cortege?

Which one of these wouldn't feature a crescendo?

Fill in the blank- The town constructed a _____ of sandbags against the rising river tide.

(adj.) relating to or resembling an ape or monkey.

What word comes to mind?

WWE is not a sports league; it is more like a(n) _______.

(n.) a deliberately misleading story

What are these?

The context of the word dogged often involves...

(adj) required; necessary

(n.) a deviation or error in speech, manners, or deeds

(n.) a group of attendance; an entourage

(n.) an entertainment producer or manager

What kind of connotation does disingenuous have?

(n.) the history of a word; the study of word origins

(n.) a defensive wall or embankment

On the one hand, it might be a genuine anecdote, on the other hand, it might be a ______.

Wont : _____ :: canard : a misleading story

(adj.) likely

(n.) a gradual increase in intensity, force, or volume

Which of the following is an antonym for crescendo?

(adj.) insincere; calculating