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Wordwright vocab
English 2 Accel
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chopping block | a thick, often large block of wood on which meat, vegetables, etc., are placed for cutting, trimming, chopping, and the like. |
| Lurk | to lie or wait in concealment, as a person in ambush; remain in or around a place secretly or furtively. |
| Avocation | something a person does in addition to a principal occupation, especially for pleasure; hobby: Our doctor's avocation is painting. |
| Stake | a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc. |
| Alight | to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc. |
| Hulking | Large, heavy, or clumsy |
| Mortal | subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures. |
| Divining Rod | a rod, especially a forked stick, commonly of hazel, supposed to be useful in locating underground water, metal deposits, etc. |
| Twain | 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: didactic poetry. |
| Colloquialism | A word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation. |
| Pentameter | a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet. |
| Dactyl/Dactylic | Prosody . a foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short in quantitative meter, or one stressed followed by two unstressed in accentual meter, as in gently and humanly. Symbol: |
| Ethical | pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct. |
| Diction | Word choice |
| Whimsy | capricious humor or disposition; extravagant, fanciful, or excessively playful expression: a play with lots of whimsy. |
| Oratorical | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an orator or oratory: His oratorical prowess has led to political success. |
| Metaphoric | 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, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.” Compare mixed metaphor, simile ( def 1 ) . |
| Trimeter | a verse of three measures or feet. |
| Hexameter | any line of verse in six feet, as in English poetry. |
| Arcane | known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric: She knew a lot about Sanskrit grammar and other arcane matters. |
| Antithetical | of the nature of or involving antithesis. |
| Concrete | constituting an actual thing or instance; real |
| Wheedling | to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts: We wheedled him incessantly, but he would not consent. |
| Idiomatic | peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect: idiomatic French. |
| Tetrameter | Prosody . a verse of four feet. |
| Iamb/Iambic | a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love. |
| Anapest/Anapestic | a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce. |
| Trochee/Trochaic | a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. |
| Aphoristic | of, like, or containing aphorisms: |
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