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WordWright Vocab.
By: Evan Beierwaltes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |
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