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6th Voc Creativity
Unit 6 Lesson 9 vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| artifact | an object made by human beings; often refers to a primitive tool or other relic from an earlier period. |
| artifice (noun1) | craftiness; trickery |
| artifice (noun 2) | cleverness; skill |
| artificer (noun) | a skilled craftsman or inventor. |
| artless (adj 1) | without deceit or cumming; natural; simple |
| artless (adj 2) | crude; ignorant; uncultured |
| artlessness (noun) | Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit |
| artful | (of a person or action) clever or skillful, typically in a crafty or cunning way. |
| artisan | a skilled craftsperson |
| ode | a poem usually addressed to a particular person, object or event that has stimulated deep and noble feelings in the poet. |
| parody (noun) | a humorous imitation of a piece of literature or music |
| parody (tr. verb) | to mimic a style, plot, or idea for comic effect. |
| parodist (noun) | A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule |
| rhapsody (noun) | speech or writing expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm. |
| rhapsodic (adj) | Immoderately impassioned or enthusiastic; ecstatic |
| rhapsodist (noun) | One who uses extravagantly enthusiastic or impassioned language |
| rhapsodize (verb) | speak or write about someone or something with great enthusiasm and delight. |
| incantation | the chanting or speaking of words seeming to have magical power or used to create a magical spell. |
| recant (tr. v) | to take back a formal statement or belief previously made known. |
| recantation (noun) | a statement that one no longer holds a particular opinion or belief; a retraction |
| depict (tr. v 1) | to paint, draw, or express in a picture or sculpture |
| depict (tr. v 2) | to describe; to picture in words |
| pictograph | a picture or drawing representing words or ideas |
| pictographic | consisting of or characterized by the use of pictographs; "a pictographic script"; "pictographic stage in the development of writing" |