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lit terms round 4 S2
Literary Terms for Round 4 S2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mettlesome (Adj.) | Spirited and courageous |
| Damp (Adj.) | Moist; slightly wet |
| Chronic (Adj.) | Long-term illness; repeatedly doing something or behaving compulsively |
| Idyllic (Adj.) | Serenely beautiful, untroubled, and happy |
| Natty (Adj.) | Neat and fashionable in dress or appearance |
| Extirpate (V.) | To completely remove, kill off, or destroy something considered undesirable |
| List (V.) | To lean to one side |
| Subliminal (Adj.) | Entering or existing in the mind without conscious awareness |
| Whittle (V.) | To carve something small out of wood by cutting away small pieces of wood |
| Refulgent (Adj.) | Shining brilliantly or splendidly |
| Laconic (Adj.) | Using very few words. |
| Tenacious (Adj.) | Determined or stubborn. |
| Accolade (N.) | A sign or expression of high praise and esteem. |
| Cryptic (Adj.) | Ambiguous or obscure; deliberately mysterious and secretive. |
| Lamentation (N.) | To express grief and sorrow. |
| Plummet (V.) | To drop downward steeply and suddenly. |
| Skirmish (N.) | A brief fight between two groups. |
| Discern (V.) | To understand something that was unclear at first. |
| Fickle (Adj.) | Likely to change affections, intentions, loyalty and preference often. |
| Parry (V.) | To block defect the damaging blow of a weapon. |
| Harbinger (N.) | Somebody or someone that foreshadows or anticipates a future event. |
| Obdurate (Adj.) | Stubborn or hard-headed; not easily persuaded or influenced. |
| Reprieve (V.) | To stop or postpone somebody's punishment; to offer temporary relief from harm. |
| Credulous (Adj.) | Gullible; a person easily convinced that something is true. |
| Enshroud (V.) | To cover or obscure an object. |
| Obfuscate (V.) | To deliberately make something difficult to understand. |
| Pliable (Adj.) | Flexible; easily bent of molded; easily influenced or persuaded. |
| Blunderbuss (N.) | A short wide-mouthed gun used primarily in the 17th century. |
| Blithe (Adj.) | Cheerful and careful; casually indifferent. |
| Enfranchise (V.) | To give voting rights. |
| Remuneration (N.) | Payment for work done. |
| Engender (V.) | To arise or come into existence; to cause offspring to be conceived or born. |
| Plagiarism (V.) | The process of copying another person's idea or written work and claiming it as your own. |
| Abasement (V.) | To belittle someone; to act in an undignified way. |
| Billow (V.) | To swell with air; to move in a curling mass. |
| Enhance (V.) | To improve or increase the clarity of an image or object. |
| Harangue (V.) | To criticize or question somebody; to try and persuade someone in a forceful or angry way. |
| Abrogate (V.) | To end an agreement or contract formally and publicly |
| Credible (Adj.) | Easy to believe, trustworthy. |
| Haughty (Adj.) | Behaving in a superior, condescending, or arrogant way |
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rhornay
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