AP Lit---Vocab #8

Rackrent is a great name for a castle, I think, because the sound is so _____________. Others may not agree, but I think the sound of the name is pleasing. (A) euphonious (B) copious (C) poignant (D) mundane (E) extraneous

A

Copious

Adj. Abundant; plentiful; full of information; wordy

Extraneous

Adj. Coming from outside; foreign; not necessary; irrelevant

Sonorous

Adj. giving out, capable of producing, or having a deep, rich sound

Mundane

Adj. ordinary; commonplace; of this world (rather than the world beyond)

Poignant

Adj. painfully felt; emotionally touching; pointed; sharp

Most of the information was necessary and relevant, but I thought much of the material about Ireland's early history was________________. (A) euphonious (B) extraneous (C) sonorous (D) eulogistic (E) copious

B

The school bell, its tone flat rather than deep and ____________, undid my note taking (A) copious (B) sonorous (C) poignant (D) mundane (E) extraneous

B

Any _________________ following Edgeworth's death should have mentioned her work during the Irish potato famine of 1847. The _______________ story of the Irish people's suffering moved me deeply. (A) euphony...copious (B) abnegation ...sonorous (C) eulogy ...poignant (D) progeny...extraneous (E) tenure...mundane

C

I didn't question her judgment, however. Our teacher's ________________ here has lasted for thirty years; she must know her job very well in order to have kept it for so long. (A) eulogy (B) progeny (C) tenure (D) abnegation (E) euphony

C

Edgeworth did not have any ____________ of her own. She wrote _______________________, however, and her many books could be called her offspring. (A) tenure ... eulogistically (B) eulogies... sonorously (C) abnegations ... poignantly (D) progeny... copiously (E) euphonies ... euphoniously

D

Our English teacher, Ms. Carbone, gave us _____________ information about Maria Edgeworth's life and works. I'd never taken so many notes! (A) sonorous (B) mundane (C) extraneous (D) copious (E) eulogistic

D

Personally, I can't imagine having twenty-one ________________, as Edgeworth's father did. I hope there were __________________ amounts of food around to feed so many children! (A) tenures...poignant (B) eulogies...mundane (C) euphonies...sonorous (D)progeny...copious (E) abnegations ... extraneous

D

I was moved by Edgeworth's__________ comments about her father, who had taught her to defend her rights as a woman rather than to accept ________________ of them. (A) sonorous...a tenure (B) extraneous ...a eulogy (C) mundane... a progeny (D) sonorous...a euphony (E) poignant ...an abnegation

E

Ms. Carbone told us about the ________________, ordinary lives of the Irish people portrayed in Edgeworth's novel Castle Rackrent (1800). (A) copious (B) sonorous (C) tenured (D) extraneous (E) mundane

E

Eulogy

N. A speech or piece of writing in praise of a person or thing, especially to honor one who has recently died; a tribute; praise

Euphony

N. Agreeableness of sound; pleasant combination of sounds in spoken words

Abnegation

N. Self-denial; a giving up or a renunciation of rights

Tenure

N. The holding of an office; the length of time for which a position is held; the permanence of position granted to teachers, civil service employees, and others

Progeny

N. children; offspring; descendants