Vocab 8 Definitions
Chewing; grinding with teeth
What is masticate?
___ gunfire echoed down the street all night.
What is sporadic?
He rode a black horse in red pajamas.
What is ambiguity?
When one statement is not logically connected to another
What is non-sequitur?
The con man found a ready market for his supplies in the ___ townsfolk.
What is credulous?
Harmful or injurious
What is deleterious?
He was found ___ for larceny by the police.
What is culpable?
The absent-minded professor is in many movies.
What is motif?
A writer's distinctive use of language
What is voice?
She is a poison pen writer and a very ___ speaker.
What is caustic?
To go forward or to proceed
What is wend?
She is known for her narcissistic or ___ nature; she is stuck on herself!
What is egocentric?
Curse, bless me with your tears (two terms)
What are paradox and juxtaposition?
To cause shock or horror
What is lurid?
The talkative woman would ___ on any subject as long as she had an audience.
What is pontificate?
Blameworthy; responsible for misdeed
What is culpable?
While I was sunning at the beach, my professor came by and said ___ly, "I see how you study for my exam!"
What is facetious?
The wind whispered through the trees.
What is pathetic fallacy?
Antonym of bore
What is titillate?
He was trying to ___ out a living so that he and his wife could stay on the farm.
What is eke?
Self-righteous pomposity; to issue authoritative decrees
What is pontificate?
Synonym of stubborn
What is recalcitrant?
He has no enemies but is intensely disliked even by his friends.
What is invective?
Antonym of mannerly
What is boorish?
Scenes will ___ you, partly because the dialogue is not quite up to the mark in his quest for dark humor.
What is discomfit?