Vocabulary Quiz: Literary Terms and Actions

Vocabulary Definitions

• Fate (noun): Predetermined and inevitable destiny
• Agency (noun): Ability of a person to act or make choices in a given situation
• Universal (adj): Of, having to do with, or characteristic of the whole world; affecting everyone
• Woo (verb): To seek to win the love or approval of
• Bewitch (verb): To enchant or cast a spell over with magic or as if with magic, to charm or fascinate
• Filch (verb): To steal in a sly manner
• Yield (verb): To give in; surrender
• Edict (noun): An order or decree proclaimed by someone in authority
• Destiny (noun): That which has happened or must happen to someone because of fate or luck
• Perjured (adj): Rendered (oneself) guilty of lying in a court by giving false testimony under oath
• Pun (noun): Word play, often for humorous effect, that is based on a similarity in sound of two or more words or on various meanings of the same word
• Oath (noun): A solemn pledge or promise
• Hail (verb): (V) - To salute or greet; (N) - Pellets of frozen rain
• Logic (noun): A way to describe how the pieces of an argument work together to form the whole
• Malapropism (noun): When someone misspeaks by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word but whose meaning is inappropriate
• Aggravate (verb): To make worse or to annoy
• Progeny (noun): A descendent or offspring, such as a child
• Dote (verb): To feel or display excessive affection, especially for a person
• Dissension (noun): Strong disagreement or contention

Social and Cultural Concepts

• Social Norms (noun): Rules and expectations for individuals in a certain time or place
• Norms (noun): Rules and expectations
• Gender Norms (noun): The expectations and rules a society has for men and women
• Disdainful (adj): Showing a lack of respect
• Virtuous (adj): Characterized by moral excellence; chaste
• Contagious (adj): Capable of being spread from person to person by contact or association or carrying a disease
• Infectious (adj): Having the ability to be transmitted by virus or disease
• Transmissible (adj): Having the ability to be passed from one person to another