English 10 Vocab Test 2

What is the most basic meaning of a word or expression, without any metaphor or exaggeration?

• Literal

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Implication

What term describes a brief, direct or indirect, reference that creates a connection or enhances meaning?

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Literal

• Repressive

What is a direct comparison between two unrelated things, suggesting one thing is another in order to highlight similarities?

• Metaphor

• Implication

• Consciously

• Malign

What is a suggestion or inference that is not explicitly stated but can be understood from context or circumstances?

• Implication

• Literal

• Immerse

• Dispossess

What term describes being aware of and intentionally engaging in a thought, action, or decision?

• Consciously

• Repressive

• Contemporary

• Malign

What does it mean to involve oneself deeply in a particular activity or subject?

• Immerse

• Dispossess

• Implication

• Allusion

What term means to take away someone’s possessions, property, or rights, often by force?

• Dispossess

• Consciously

• Metaphor

• Contemporary

What is the act of holding back, suppressing, or controlling individuals or groups?

• Repressive

• Malign

• Literal

• Immerse

What describes something that exists or occurs at the same time as something else, usually a reference to something from the present time period?

• Contemporary

• Allusion

• Implication

• Dispossess

What does it mean to speak about someone in a spitefully critical manner or to harm someone’s reputation with false and/or misleading statements?

• Malign

• Consciously

• Repressive

• Literal