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WordWright Vocab.

By: Evan Beierwaltes

QuestionAnswer
Chopping Block A block for chopping something on.
Lurk Be or remain hidden so as to wait in ambush for someone or something. or Be present in a latent or barely discernible state, although still presenting a threat.
Avocation A hobby or minor occupation.
Stake A strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end, driven into the ground to support a tree, form part of a fence, act as a boundary.
Alight To descend from the air and settle. or On fire; burning.
Hulking Large, heavy, or clumsy.
Mortal Subject to death. or A human being subject to death.
Divining Rod A forked branch or stick that is believed to indicate subterranean water or minerals by bending downward when held over a source.
Twain Mark Twain. or Two.
Vocation A particular occupation, business, or profession; calling.
Grandiloquent Speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
Didactic Intended for instruction; instructive.
Colloquialism An expression with characteristics of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.
Pentameter A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.
Dactyl/Dactylic A foot of three syllables: one stressed followed by two unstressed in accentual meter
Ethical Pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
Diction Style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words
Whimsy Capricious humor or disposition; extravagant, fanciful, or excessively playful expression
Oratorical Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of skill or eloquence in public speaking.
Metaphoric Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance.
Trimeter A verse of three measures or feet.
Hexameter A verse of six measures or feet.
Arcane Known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure.
Antithetical Directly opposed or contrasted; opposite.
Concrete Constituting an actual thing or instance; real.
Wheedling To endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts.
Idiomatic Peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect.
Tetrameter A verse of four measures or feet.
Iamb/Iambic A foot of two syllables: an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter.
Anapest/Anapestic A foot of three syllables: two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter.
Trochee/Trochaic A foot of two syllables: a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter.
Aphoristic of, like, or containing a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation.
Created by: cowsgomoo8120
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