Vocabulary Test Review (12)

Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

• Articulate

• Amicable

• Allegory

• Apathetic

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; a reference.

• Allegory

• Analogy

• Allusion

• Apathetic

Having a spirit of friendliness; without serious disagreement or rancor.

• Apathetic

• Articulate

• Allegory

• Amicable

Having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently.

• Amicable

• Articulate

• Allusion

• Apathetic

A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

• Analogy

• Allegory

• Allusion

• Amicable

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

• Allusion

• Amicable

• Allegory

• Analogy

Used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.

• Banal

• Colloquial

• Daunting

• Assonance

A pithy observation that contains a general truth.

• Aphorism

• Anecdote

• Archetype

• Genre

A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

• Genre

• Aphorism

• Anecdote

• Archetype

So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

• Genre

• Daunting

• Colloquial

• Banal