1 / 21

Crucible Vocabulary#2

Crucible Vocabulary#2. SYN: testimony DEF: testimony taken down in writing under oath. Deposition n. . SYN: obeisence DEF: showing respect to another person’s higher position. Deference n. (deferential: adj.). SYN: belligerent DEF: to be argumentative, ready for conflict.

nemo
Download Presentation

Crucible Vocabulary#2

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Crucible Vocabulary#2

  2. SYN: testimony DEF: testimony taken down in writing under oath Deposition n.

  3. SYN: obeisence • DEF: showing respect to another person’s higher position Deference n. (deferential: adj.)

  4. SYN: belligerent • DEF: to be argumentative, ready for conflict Contentious: adj. (contention: n.)

  5. SYN: improve • DEF: to make something better, improve a situation Ameliorate: v.

  6. SYN: cower • DEF: to cringe from or cower from in fear Quail: v.

  7. SYN: squalid • DEF: lowdown, mean, low class Base adj.

  8. SYN: deftly • DEF: cautiously, delicately Gingerly: adv.

  9. DEF: contraciction between what the audience knows and what the character knows Dramatic irony n.phrase

  10. DEF: to say one thing but mean the opposite, sarcasm Verbal irony n. phrase

  11. “If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.”

  12. DEF: when something happens that is the opposite of what is predictable Situational irony n. phrase

More Related