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Juniors - Week 4
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Bizarre | adj. Extremely unconventional or far-fetched |
Blather | v. to talk nonsensically |
Bleak | adj. Depressing, discouraging, harsh, cold, barren, raw |
Bludgeon | v./n. To hit or attack with heavy impact; a short, heavy think club that has one end larger than the other |
Bucolic | adj. Rural or rustic in nature, country-like |
Bulwark | a defensive wall; something serving as a principal defense |
Cache | n. a hiding place, or the objects hidden in a hiding place |
Cacophony | n. Harsh sounds |
Cajole | v. to wheedle, coax, or persuade someone to do something they didn’t want to |
Callous | adj. Unfeeling, insensitive |
Callow | adj. Immature and inexperienced |
Candor | n. Truthfulness, sincere honestly |
Capacious | adj. Roomy, able to hold much |
Castigate | v. to criticize harshly, usually with the intention of correcting wrongdoing |
Catapult | v./n. To launch; a device for hurling objects, a slingshot |
Anti-climax | n. Something which would appear to be difficult to solve in a plot is solved through something trivial. For example, destroying a heavily guarded facility would require advanced technology, teamwork and weaponry for a climax, but in an anti-climax it may |
Aside | n. Words spoken by an actor directly to the audience, which are not "heard" by the other characters on stage during a play. |