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Follow the foolish yet endearing journey of a man who believes in knights, dragons, and love in this quixotic novel. Witness his histrionic adventures in a dulcet milieu surrounded by challenges and opportunities. Can his audacious optimism triumph in an arduous world, or will reality bludgeon his dreams? Join the quest and reminisce about the power of hope in the face of hardship.
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verb beleaguer To besiege, best, surround, harass LINK: Big leaguer The little leaguers beleaguered the big leaguers.
milieu noun Environment or surroundings LINK: MILDEW The bathroom was a milieu of mildew.
adj porcine like a pig, resembling a pig LINK: PORK It was a poor scene when Mark arrived with his porcine date.
adj quixotic Idealistic and totally impractical LINK: IDIOTIC You’re a bit idiotic if you’re quixotic…
quixotic Quixote • The art! • NovelAuthor = Miguel Cervantes
quixotic • The art! 3. Plot = He thinks he’s a knight… that she’s beautiful… that the windmill is a dragon… that he has a MISSION
quixotic • The art! IRONY: We see he is fooled and ignorant
quixotic • The art! BUT! In the end, she falls in love with his courage and OPTIMISM and HOPE
The art! quixotic
quixotic • The art!
quixotic • The art!
quixotic • The art!
n/adj histrionic Overly dramatic, theatrical Link:history My teacher’s histrionic style = ADJ My teacher’s histrionics = NOUN History on the histrionic side.
Noun, verb bludgeon A short heavy thick club LINK: dungeon (BLOODgeon?) The bludgeon = NOUN He bludgeoned us with questions = VERB Bludgeons in the dungeon.
adj arduous Hard, difficult, tiresome LINK: HARD ON US The arduous snow-covered trail is hard on us.
verb adj reminisce To recall the past LINK: RIM MISS (remember?) She reminisced about their chat = VERB It was reminiscent of The Matrix = ADJ REMember by REMINISCING
adj opportune Occurring at a good, favorable time LINK: opera tune (opportunity?) Opportunity = N Opportunist = N The conditions were opportune for… No one likes an opportunist… An opportune time for an opera tune...
adj dulcet Melodious, soft- or sweet sounding LINK: dull sit (dulce?) Dulcet tones are DULCE. Dulcet tones make a dull sit.
Greek + Latin WORD PARTS Know these, know 1000’s!
List 5 1. Overly dramatic, theatrical
List 5 2. Environment or surroundings
List 5 3. A short heavy, thick club
List 5 4. To besiege, beset, surround, harrass
List 5 5. Resembling a pig
List 5 6. Occurring or coming at a good time
List 5 7. Idealistic and totally impractical
List 5 8. Melodious, soft, soothing
List 5 9. The act of recalling the past
List 5 10. Hard, difficult, tiresome
WORD PARTS 11. eu List 5
WORD PARTS 12. micro List 5
WORD PARTS 13. macro List 5
WORD PARTS 14. To praise with words List 5
WORD PARTS 15. Science of extending life List 5
WORD PARTS 16. Miniature photos of library articles List 5
WORD PARTS 17. Smaller structure within the larger system List 5
WORD PARTS 18. Pleasant sounding term for an unpleasant concept List 5
WORD PARTS 19. Miniature form of life List 5
WORD PARTS 20. Pleasant sounding noise (opposite of cacophony) List 5
Answers1 1. histrionics 2. mILIeu 3. bluDgeon 4. beleagUer 5. porcine
Answers2 6. opportune 7. quixotic 8. dulcet 9. reminisce 10. arduous
Answers3 11. good 12. small 13. large, overall 14. eulogize 15. macrobiotics
Answers4 16. microfilm 17. microcosm 18. euphemism 19. microorganism 20. euphony