12th grade vocabulary

Question 1

Which figure of speech matches this description? Using a part to stand for the whole (or the whole for a part).

• A. synecdoche
• B. bathos
• C. allegory
• D. metonymy

Question 2

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word? Compared with the glamorous film, the real astronaut's daily routine seemed almost ___.

• A. enigmatic
• B. trenchant
• C. prosaic
• D. esoteric

Question 3

Type the word or phrase (in English) that matches this description. enduring hardship without complaint (from the Stoic philosophers of Athens)

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Question 4

Which word or phrase matches this description? a small but fatal weakness (from the hero Achilles)

• A. stoic
• B. galvanise
• C. Achilles' heel
• D. boycott

Question 5

Choose the word that matches the description most precisely. Which word describes a temporary situation that soon passes?

• A. perpetual
• B. perennial
• C. ephemeral
• D. enduring

Question 6

Type the figure of speech (in English) that matches this description. An elaborate, surprising comparison between two very different things, often extended.

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Question 7

Which word matches this description? intended to teach, often in a preachy way

• A. reticent
• B. enigmatic
• C. didactic
• D. hackneyed

Question 8

Which phrase matches this description? genuine; real (Latin: 'in good faith')

• A. fait accompli
• B. avant-garde
• C. bona fide
• D. schadenfreude

Question 9

Type the word (in English) that matches this description. changing suddenly and unpredictably

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Question 10

Which figure of speech is used here? A novel about farm animals who overthrow their farmer, only to be ruled by greedy pigs, represents a political revolution gone wrong.

• A. synecdoche
• B. metonymy
• C. allegory
• D. bathos

Question 11

Which phrase best completes the sentence? The new mayor promised to challenge the ___ rather than keep things as they were.

• A. status quo
• B. faux pas
• C. modus operandi
• D. carte blanche

Question 12

Type the phrase (in English) that matches this description. complete freedom to act as one wishes (French)

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Question 13

Which word or phrase best completes the sentence? Their plan to clean every beach in the country by hand was admirable but ___.

• A. quixotic
• B. laconic
• C. stoic
• D. draconian

Question 14

Which figure of speech matches this description? Directly addressing someone absent, dead, or something non-human.

• A. allegory
• B. apostrophe
• C. metonymy
• D. synecdoche

Question 15

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word? The company's report used jargon to ___ how much money it had lost.

• A. obfuscate
• B. acquiesce
• C. belie
• D. admonish

Question 16

Type the word or phrase (in English) that matches this description. changing mood quickly and unpredictably (from Mercury)

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