Cheque this out!
Ugly, gross, monstrous
Grotesque
A measurement of loudness (volume)
Decibel (Alexander Graham Bell)
Highly ornate seventeenth- and eighteenth-century style of architecture, music, and art
Baroque
Comic book superhero’s young sidekick, named after an English folk legend outlaw.
Robin, of Batman and Robin (Robin Hood)
To hand-sew smaller pieces of fabric on top of a larger piece of fabric to decorate it or to make a design
Appliqué
The refusal to buy or handle a particular product as a political protest.
Boycott (Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott, 1832–1897)
A sticky deposit on your teeth or in your arteries
Plaque
A landlocked South American country, named after a nineteenth-century South American hero and independence fighter.
Bolivia (Simón Bolívar)
This describes a woman who is quite tall and dignified
Statuesque
Long, baggy pants worn under skirts in the nineteenth century, named after the women’s rights activist who popularized them
Bloomers (Amelia Bloomer, a women’s rights advocate, promoted a change in women’s fashion standards that would make their dress less restrictive for regular activities.)