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TTTC Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

parsimonious

b)

nonchalance

c)

mercenary

d)

bathos

2.

strange because of not agreeing with what is usual or expected

a)

incongruities

b)

futile

c)

epigram

d)

catharsis

3.

a brief, pithy, and often paradoxical saying

a)

posthumous

b)

malapropism

c)

elusive

d)

epigram

4.

relaxed and calm in a way that shows that you do not care or are not worried about anything

a)

parsimonious

b)

elusive

c)

nonchalance

d)

bathos

5.

an amusing error that occurs when a person mistakenly uses a word that sounds like another word but that has a very different meaning

a)

malapropism

b)

neologism

c)

catharsis

d)

incongruities

6.

having no result or effect; pointless or useless

a)

recrimination

b)

futile

c)

epigram

d)

posthumous

7.

insincere or overly sentimental quality of writing/speech intended to evoke pity

a)

cathatsis

b)

incongruities

c)

anapest

d)

bathos

8.

a strong verbal denunciation

a)

anapest

b)

neologism

c)

philippic

d)

parsimonious

9.

a new word or expression or a new meaning of a word

a)

neologism

b)

catharsis

c)

elusive

d)

anapest

10.

an angry statement in which you accuse or criticize a person who has accused or criticized you

a)

futile

b)

posthumous

c)

recrimination

d)

mercenary

11.

the act or process of releasing a strong emotion (such as pity or fear) by expressing it in an art form

a)

anapest

b)

catharsis

c)

philippic

d)

futile

12.

hard to find or capture

a)

elusive

b)

anapest

c)

mercenary

d)

parsimonious

13.

happening, done, or published after someone's death

a)

nonchalance

b)

epigram

c)

recrimination

d)

posthumous

14.

very unwilling to spend money

a)

nonchalance

b)

philippic

c)

parsimonious

d)

recrimination

15.

a metrical foot consisting of two short syllables followed by one long syllable or of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable

a)

anapest

b)

mercenary

c)

parsimonious

d)

nonchalance