WKHS Week 12 Vocabulary
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- shift/turn
- refers to a change or movement in a piece resulting from an epiphany, realization, or insight gained
- scintillating
- sparkling (ADJ)
- expunge
- to strike out; to erase (V)
- gregarious
- social; liking companionship (ADJ)
- details
- the facts revealed by the author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in a piece of poetry or prose
- juxtapose
- to place side by side (V)
- soporific
- causing sleep (ADJ)
- amalgam
- a mixture of different elements (N)
- ostracize
- to exclude from a group; to banish (V)
- carnivore
- a flesh-eating animal (N)
- plummet
- to fall or plunge straight downward (V)
- cacophony
- harsh or discordant sound (N)
- circumvent
- to avoid by going around; to encircle (V)
- narrative
- an account of events; anything that is narrated
- taciturn
- silent; not talkative (ADJ)