WorksheetsTTTC Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
a soldier who is paid by a foreign country to fight in its army; a soldier who will fight for any group or country that hires him
parsimonious
nonchalance
mercenary
bathos
strange because of not agreeing with what is usual or expected
incongruities
futile
epigram
catharsis
a brief, pithy, and often paradoxical saying
posthumous
malapropism
elusive
epigram
relaxed and calm in a way that shows that you do not care or are not worried about anything
parsimonious
elusive
nonchalance
bathos
an amusing error that occurs when a person mistakenly uses a word that sounds like another word but that has a very different meaning
malapropism
neologism
catharsis
incongruities
having no result or effect; pointless or useless
recrimination
futile
epigram
posthumous
insincere or overly sentimental quality of writing/speech intended to evoke pity
cathatsis
incongruities
anapest
bathos
a strong verbal denunciation
anapest
neologism
philippic
parsimonious
a new word or expression or a new meaning of a word
neologism
catharsis
elusive
anapest
an angry statement in which you accuse or criticize a person who has accused or criticized you
futile
posthumous
recrimination
mercenary
the act or process of releasing a strong emotion (such as pity or fear) by expressing it in an art form
anapest
catharsis
philippic
futile
hard to find or capture
elusive
anapest
mercenary
parsimonious
happening, done, or published after someone's death
nonchalance
epigram
recrimination
posthumous
very unwilling to spend money
nonchalance
philippic
parsimonious
recrimination
a metrical foot consisting of two short syllables followed by one long syllable or of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable
anapest
mercenary
parsimonious
nonchalance
