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Vocabulary #22
ELA Vocabulary #22
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| great suffering, distress, or pain; to be deeply tormented by pain or sorrow | anguish |
| frank, direct, outspoken, straightforward. | forthright |
| to exclude from a group, banish, send away | ostracize |
| a pen name, name assumed by a writer | pseudonym |
| a person or thing carrying the blame for others | scapegoat |
| withdrawn, standing apart from others, cool and distant | aloof |
| to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to fit together into a system; able to use language effectively; expressed clearly and forcefully | articulate |
| cordial, pleasantly, friendly, cheerful or warm | genial |
| a forewarning or foreboding of a future event, a strong feeling that something unpleasant is about to happen | premonition |
| an effect or consequence of some action or event; an echo or reverberation, an unintended consequence occurring sometimes after an event or action, especially an unwelcome one | repercussion |
| kept _________ from his coworkers | aloof |
| an ______________speaker | articulate |
| a _____________ household | genial |
| a vague _________ of danger | premonition |
| a policy that had unexpected _________________ | repercussion |
| suffered great mental __________________ | anguish |
| stated in a very ________ way | forthright |
| ______________ the bully from the lunch table | ostracize |
| a writer better known by her _________________ | pseudonym |
| refuse to be made the ____________________ | scapegoat |