Week 1
An introduction to a text.
What is Preamble?
To torment someone with something they want without ever giving it to them.
What is Tantalize?
Giving off a sense of calmness and coolness.
What is Nonchalant?
A ghost that supposedly causes noisy disturbances in the environment.
What is Poltergeist?
A coming-of-age story.
What is a Bildungsroman?
To indicate something (usually bad) is about to happen.
What is Presage?
Using as few words as possible when speaking.
What is Laconic?
Skillful, either mentally or with one’s hands.
What is Adroit?
A person who looks exactly like another person.
What is a Doppelganger?
Showing a lack of concern or interst.
What is Insouciant?
Having knowledge of something before it happens.
What is Prescient?
Extremely strict, as laws or rules.
What is Draconian?
A person who has recently gained status or celebrity.
What is Parvenu?
Forbidden or prohibited.
What is Verboten?
Describing a victory that comes with a heavy cost.
What is Pyrrhic?
Rash, acting without thinking.
What is Precipitate?
A guide who gives speeches to sightseers.
What is Cicerone?
A person who is extremely ambitious and has recently acquired wealth or power.
What is Arriviste?
The mood of a particular time period as captured by ideas and culture.
What is Zeitgeist?
To be based on.
What is Predicate?
A feeling that something (typically bad) is about to happen.
What is Presentiment?
A long speech full of complaints.
What is Jeremiad?
Trickery or deception, usually in politics or where money is involved.
What is Chicanery?
Delight taken in another’s misfortune.
What is Schadenfreude?
To object to doing something.
What is Demur?