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Collection Two
The Thrill of Horror
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| convention | a practice or procedure widely used by a group; a custom |
| predict | to tell about in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge |
| psychology | the study of mental processes and behaviors |
| summary | a condensed, or shorter, report that includes the main points of a text or event |
| technique | the systematic or orderly procedure by which a task in accomplished |
| conceive | to think of an idea |
| parallel | to have comparable or similar parts |
| dissimulation | a hiding of one's true feelings |
| sagacity | sound judgement |
| stifle | to smother |
| crevice | a narrow crack |
| audacity | shameless daring or boldness |
| scantlings | small wooden beams supporting the floor |
| suavity | graceful politeness |
| vehemently | to do something with intense emotion |
| hypocritical | a person who is false or deceptive |
| gesticularion | energetic gestures of the hands or arms |
| dissemble | pretend |
| accessible | easily approached or entered |
| putrid | foul-smelling or rotten |
| assailed | attacked |
| travesty | a bizarre imitation |
| abomination | a disgusting thing |
| peril | something that is dangerous |
| condole | to express sympathy or sorrow with someone |
| fate | a power that is thought to determine the course of events |
| frivolous | inappropriately silly |
| notorious | infamous, widely known |
| speculate | guess |
| malicious | intentionally harmful |
| forshadow | the writer's hints and clues that suggests events that may occur |
| tone | the author's attitude towards a subject, reader, or character |
| mood | the atmosphere or feel of the story; the overall feeling you get as the reader when you read a story |
| symbolism | a person, place, object that has meaning in itself, but suggests other meanings as well |
| irony | when the outcome or action is unexpected or opposite of what you would expect |