Vocabulary Test 52

Tropical Rain

 

Which word comes to mind?

 

1. She was too young to die.

a. onomatopoeia

b. threnody

c. polyglot

 

2. Snap! Crackle! Pop!

a. threnody

b. oxymorin

c. onomatopoeia

 

3. A true fact.

a. pleonasm

b. polyglot

c. oxymoron

 

4. The least of his crime is his complicity with drugs.

a. polyglot

b. paralipsis

c. threnody

 

5. An angry crowd gathers to protest

a. ado

b. onomatopoeia

c. oxymoron

 

 

답 힌트:

• onomatopoeia: '이름을 짓다'의 뜻에서 의성, 의성어, 성유법 formation of words in imitation of natural sounds; the use of words whose sound suggests the sense. https://youglish.com/pronounce/onomatopoeia/english? 
• threnody: a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song. 비가
• polyglot: knowing many languages; containing, composed of, or in several languages. 여러나라 말을 아는, 여러나라 말로 쓴.
• oxymoron: 모순 어법: a figure of speech by which a particular phrasing of words produces an effect by seeming self-contradiction, as in "cruel kindness" or " laborious idleness." The Greek meaning is "pointed foolishness."
• pleonasm: the use of more words than necessary to express an idea; redundancy; superfluity. It is derived from the Greek word for "to be or have more than enough." 여분으로 덧붙이다. 의 뜻에서 용어법.
•  paralipsis: 역언법. the suggestion, by deliberately concise treatment of a topic, that much significant material is being omitted. Another name for paralipsis is preterition.
• ado: fuss; trouble; bother

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답:

1. b

2. c

3. a

4. b

5. a

 

 

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601 Words You Need to Pass Your Exam

by Murray Bromberg and Julius Liebb

(1989)