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Test 8--October 29 Conundrum, Deduction, Induction, Inference, Paradox
 * Rhetorical Terms on This Week's Test**


 * Our Collaborative Vocabulary Words for This Week's Test**

Catachresis - (n.) a misuse or misnomer. I found this word while reading //A Clash of Kings// by George R.R. Martin. "Although there was an evident catachresis in his paper, it didn't impede the reader from absorbing the overall message." (Nick M.)

[|Impart] - (v.) to tell, bestow, communicate or to make known. I searched top ACT vocabulary and found this word! I chose it because I din't know what it meant and it's on the ACT's top 1000 words. "Last week I bravely imparted my deepest secret to my best friend". (June W)

[|Loup-garou] - (n.) a werewolf. I found this word on dictionary.com and thought that it was a nice fit since it is Halloween. "Even though I don't believe in loup-garou's, they are still frightening while watching scary movies." (Alex S.)

[|Ken] - (n.) knowledge or a range of understanding. I found this word while looking up other words from //A Prayer for Owen Meany.// "He may not be very book smart but he has a large ken when it comes to personal advice". (Lauren S.)

[|Mawkish] - (adj.) appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way. I found this while looking for a word for vocab. " The long anticipated climax of the movie turns out to be a mawkish song." (Chandni P.)

[|Entendre] - a word used in context to be understood with 2 different meanings. I found this word while reading "A Year of Living Biblically." We analyzed the sentences to find both meanings of the entendre the author included. (Rachel M.)

[|Languor]- Lack of energy or vitality; lazy. "I am felling quite languor after basketball practice." I found it at 12:30 in the morning when I woke up because I forgot to do this and then looked up interesting words.

[|lily-livered]Adj.- weak or lacking in courage. "The lily-livered man would not climb the tree to save the cat." I found on dictionary.com. (Sarah Z.)

Ultrasecular (adj.) really not connected to religion. In "The Year of Living Biblically", A.J. Jacobs uses it to describe his relatives, apart from ex-Uncle Gil of course. "Going to church every Sunday and keeping a Bible within reach of her bed, my grandma is not ultrasecular at all! (Clare R.)