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Ch 9-10 Vocab
Down a Dark Hall
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bland | dull, uninteresting |
| preliminaries | things that come before the main event |
| contritely | remorsefully |
| glimmers | flickers; inklings |
| subdued | toned down |
| latent | hidden |
| foreground | the part of a picture nearest to the eye |
| suppressed | restrained; held in |
| torrents | swiftly flowing streams of water |
| conceded | admitted |
| simile | A comparison between two things because they have something in common. The words like or as are used to compare |
| metaphor | A comparison between two things because they have something in common. The words like or as are not used. |