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chapter 77
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| garish | describes something that is loud,flashy, or glaring |
| graudy | tastelessly showy, suggesting overly bright color, overly flashy designs "enjoyment" "merry making" |
| lurid | causing shocking or horror, gruesome gains its overkill effect through a glaring unsavory sensationalism "pale" |
| cacophony | "bad sounds" harsh, displeasing noises |
| ravcous | harsh sounds or any atmosphere of rough boisterousness |
| strident | harsh and grating in its sound |
| dissonant | sounds that are unharmonious |
| meretricious | items that attract the viewers attention but in a showy vulgar manner "prostitute" |
| barrage | a heavy burst of gun fire or artillery |
| pandemonium | antmosphere of up roar wild noises cufusion |