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Wordwright 3
February 12, 2013
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chopping Block | A thick block used for chopping, trimming, or cutting something on. |
| Lurk | To lie or wait in concealment, remain in or around secretly or furtively. |
| Avocation | Hobby. |
| Stake | Investment, interest. |
| Alight | -Descending from the air and settling softly on something. |
| Hulking | Heavy and clumsy; bulky. |
| Mortal | Of a living human being, can be killed. |
| Divining Rod | A stick or rod used to search for underground water, minerals, or anything invisible. |
| twain | -Two. |
| Vocation | -Job,occupation, business, or profession. |
| Grandiolquent | Pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner especially in a way that it intended to impress and insult. |
| Didactic | -Intended to teach and lecture. |
| Colloquialism | Not formal; informal, casual way of talking. |
| Pentameter | A line or verse consisting of 5 metrical feet, or (in Greek and Latin verse)/ |
| Dactyl/dactylic | A metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables or (in Greek and Latin) one long syllable. |
| Ethical | - Of or relating to moral principles or branch of knowledge dealing with things. -Morally correct. |
| Diction | Word choice. |
| Whimsy | Fanciful humorous, easy going, care free, silly. |
| Oratorical | -Art of public speaking -Rhetorical skill or style -Skill or eloquence in public speaking |
| Metaphoric | -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. -Something used or regarded as being used to represent something else. |
| Trimeter | A line of verse consisting or three metrical feet or measures. |
| Hexameter | -Consisting of 6 metrical feet or measures. -first 4 feet are dactyls or spondees, the fifth is a dactyl, and the last is a trochee or spondee with a caesura following the long syllable in the 3rd foot. |
| Arcane | -Mysterious -Secret -Obscure. |
| Antithetical | -Directly opposed or contrasted; opposite. |
| Concrete | Not abstract. |
| Wheedling | Use flattery to persuade or coax someone to do something. |
| Idiomatic | Using, containing, or denoting expressions that are natural to a native speaker. -Containing or using many idioms- meaning is not exactly what is states. -Having distinctive style or character. |
| Tetrameter | A verse of 4 measures. A line consisting of 4 dipodies in trochaic, iambic, or anapestic meter. |
| Iamb/iambic | A metrical foot consisting of one short or unstressed syllable followed by one long or stressed syllable. |
| Anapest/Anapestic | A metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable. |
| Trochee/Trochaic | A foot consisting of two syllables, one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable. |
| Aphoristic | Observation that contains general truth. |
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Kandrews037
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