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Vocabulary Words . Sept. 6 th Week . Vocabulary Words. Interpersonal Disguise Clumped Illustrate Propaganda Theme Plot Contract Satire Bind Tranquilizer Dopey Compositions Dynamics. Interpersonal.
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Vocabulary Words Sept. 6th Week
Vocabulary Words • Interpersonal • Disguise • Clumped • Illustrate • Propaganda • Theme • Plot • Contract • Satire • Bind • Tranquilizer • Dopey • Compositions • Dynamics
Interpersonal • Adjective: Of or relating to relationships or communication between people: "interpersonal skills".
Disguise • Verb: Give (someone or oneself) a different appearance in order to conceal one's identity. • Noun: A means of altering one's appearance or concealing one's identity.
PARODY • Noun: An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
Clumped • 1. Form into a clump or mass. • 2. Walk with a heavy tread
illustrate • 1. Provide (a book, newspaper, etc.) with pictures: "illustrated with photographs". • 2. Explain or make (something) clear by using examples, charts, pictures, etc: "the results are illustrated in Figure 7"
propaganda • 1. Information, esp. of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. • 2. The dissemination of such information as a political strategy.
Theme • Noun: The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic: "the theme of the sermon was reverence".
Plot • Noun: A plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful. • Verb: Secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal or harmful action).
Contract • Noun: A written or spoken agreement, esp. one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.
Satire • 1. The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. • 2. A play, novel, film, or other work that uses satire.
Bind • Verb: Tie or fasten (something) tightly. • Noun: A problematical situation.
Tranquilizer • Noun: A medicinal drug taken to reduce tension or anxiety.
Dopey • 1. Stupefied by sleep or a drug: "she was under sedation and a bit dopey". • 2. Idiotic: "did you ever hear such dopey names?"
Compositions • 1. The nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up. • 2. The action of putting things together; formation or construction
Dynamics • 1. The branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces. • 2. The branch of any science in which forces or changes are considered: "chemical dynamics"