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Speak Vocabulary
Vocabulary words from the novel SPEAK
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Inconspicuous | Not attracting attention, discreet, concealed |
| Wan | Looking pale or ill |
| Pseudo | Not genuine; fake |
| Vaguely | Unclear, general |
| Simultaneously | Occurring at the same time |
| Mayhem | Disorder; chaos |
| Degrading | Causing a loss of self-respect; humiliating |
| Irony | Something that occurs that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects |
| Harried | To persistently harass |
| Battered | Injured by repeated blows or punishment |
| Obligation | A duty or commitment |
| Imbecile | Stupid, idiotic |
| Vulnerable | Susceptible to physical or emotional harm |
| Indoctrination | To accept a set of belies without question |
| Plot | The main events of a story |
| Setting | When and where a story takes place |
| Round | A character that changes from the beginning of the story to the end |
| Flat | A character that does not change in a story |
| Protagonist | The leading character in a story |
| Antagonist | The character that works against the leading character in a story |
| Symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else |