Vocab Unit 6
To make up for
Atone
Hardworking, industrious, not lazy
Diligent
"Life is like a box of chocolates."
-what kind of figurative language is this?
Simile
Believable
Credible
Ghastly
-what kind of figurative language is this?
Metaphor
The ____________water from all the Delta canals is drained off, by bahrs (rivers) into the coast lakes.
-superfluous or impoverished?
Superfluous
It was a beautiful ornament, antique brass with an ____________ design.
-intricate or lucid?
Intricate
"as cute as a kitten"
-what kind of figurative language?
Simile
When a person’s temperature gets too high, he or she may not be ________ and may have difficulty thinking.
-lucid or superfluous
Lucid
It is very important in these situations, that the winning team do not ________ the losing team in any way.
-taunt or hamper?
Taunt
"Lightning danced across the sky"
-which figurative language?
Personification
In our opinion a study so narrowly based cannot of course be scientifically ___________.
-credible or diligent
Credible
There is no way I can swallow the _________ medicine
-ghastly or intricate?
Ghastly
"His words cut deeper than a knife"
-which kind of figurative language?
Metaphor