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CR 9 and 10
CR 9 and 10 Study Stack
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| artifact | a relic or primitive tool from an earlier period made by human beings . |
| artifice | craftiness, trickery; cleverness; skill. |
| artless | honest; natural; crude; ignorant; uncultured. |
| artisan | a skilled craftsperson |
| ode | a long poem addressed to a particular person, object, or event that has stimulated deep and noble feelings in the poet. |
| parody | a humorous imitation of a piece of literature or music; (v)to create a parody. |
| rhapsody | a speech or writing expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm. |
| incantation | the chanting or speaking of words seeming to have magical power or used to create a magical spell. |
| recant | to take back a formal statement or belief previously made known. |
| depict | to paint, draw, or express in a picture, sculpture; to describe in words. |
| pictograph | a picture or drawing representing words or ideas. |
| accrue | to come as a natural increase or advantage. |
| crescendo | a gradual increase in sound, often referring to music. |
| excrescence | abnormal growth or outgrowth. |
| beneficence | kindly action; doing good or causing good to be done. |
| efficacious | effective as a means or remedy. |
| facile | acting, working, or proceeding with ease; fluent. |
| facsimile | an exact copy of a book, painting, document, etc. |
| fetish | an object believed to possess magical power. |
| faction | a group or a clique within a larger group, party, or government; conflict within an organization or nation. |
| mollify | to calm; to make gentler or softer in feeling. |
| context | the parts before or after a word or statement that influence meaning; the circumstances surrounding an event or situation. |
| pretext | A false reason put forward to conceal the true one. |
| crescere | to grow; to increase; |
| facere | to make. |
| texere | to weave. |
| pingere | to paint; to embroider. |
| cantare | to sing. |
| aoide | song. |
| ars/artis | art. |