ENG 102 Vocabulary Quiz 6- Latest 2025 Solution Manual Fully Solved
abate - Answers (v.) to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct,
omit
nonchalant - Answers calm, casual
querulous - Answers (adj.) peevish, complaining, fretful
Quantitative - Answers relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its
quality.
Anthropomorphism - Answers attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object
(Personification)
feign - Answers pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury).
sanguine - Answers cheerfully optimistic
misogyny - Answers dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women
philanthropy - Answers charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness
gentility - Answers those of gentle birth; high social class; refinement; quality of being genteel
progeny - Answers offspring; children
pedantic - Answers tending to show off one's learning
lugubrious - Answers looking or sounding sad and dismal
Antithesis - Answers the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
doleful - Answers sad; dreary
salutary - Answers (adj.) beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome
supposition - Answers something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence
feckless - Answers careless or irresponsible
hedonism - Answers pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses
Synecdoche - Answers a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
abate - Answers (v.) to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct,
omit
nonchalant - Answers calm, casual
querulous - Answers (adj.) peevish, complaining, fretful
Quantitative - Answers relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its
quality.
Anthropomorphism - Answers attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object
(Personification)
feign - Answers pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury).
sanguine - Answers cheerfully optimistic
misogyny - Answers dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women
philanthropy - Answers charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness
gentility - Answers those of gentle birth; high social class; refinement; quality of being genteel
progeny - Answers offspring; children
pedantic - Answers tending to show off one's learning
lugubrious - Answers looking or sounding sad and dismal
Antithesis - Answers the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
doleful - Answers sad; dreary
salutary - Answers (adj.) beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome
supposition - Answers something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence
feckless - Answers careless or irresponsible
hedonism - Answers pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses
Synecdoche - Answers a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
