Week 1
Intentionally breaking the law to achieve a political goal.
What is civil disobedience?
A fictional world where the community or society is undesirable or frightening in some important way.
What is a dystopia?
Lots of overlapping, loud, disruptive sounds.
What is a cacophony?
Feeling or showing extreme and uncontrolled emotion.
What is hysterical?
A person or group of people forced to take the blame for others.
What is a scapegoat?
Covered with a thin layer of gold for decorative purposes.
What is gilt?
A thin, lightly-colored, highly flammable liquid made from distilled oil.
What is kerosene?
A tingling feeling of excitement.
What is titillation?
Repeatedly annoying or insulting someone to get under their skin.
What is needling?
Glowing or giving light, even in the dark.
What is phosphorescent?
Continuing forever without stopping.
What is perpetual?
Heartfelt in a genuine way.
What is earnest?
A feeling of thoughtful sadness.
What is melancholy?
Intricate and delicate metalwork.
What is filigree?
Gradually and secretly causing harm.
What is insidious?
When an author gives you information about a character that requires inferences to understand.
What is indirect chracterization?
An inclination or preference for something.
What are proclivities?
A small argument or fight.
What is a quibble?
Doing something out of routine or habit without genuine interest or effort.
What is perfunctory?
Related to or concerning the look of something.
What is aesthetic?
Two words: Done cautiously and with care. AND Done quickly and without thought.
What are gingerly and rash?
Deserving or causing hatred.
What is odious?
A strainer or sift used to separate unwanted materials out of something.
What is a sieve?
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and all other parts of speech. Often used to mean an unnecessary amount or complexity of the words used for a topic.
What is verbiage?
A structure usually made of wood for burning something.
What is a pyre?