ch.17
Terms
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- pedagogue
- a schoolteacher SYN: EDUCATOR
- hilarity
- gaiety; joviality SYN: MIRTH; MERRIMENT; GLEE ANT: SADNESS; MISERY
- fluent
- able to express oneself easily and clearly SYN: WELL-VERSED ANT: INEPT
- cavort
- to leap about in a sprightly manner; romp SYN: FROLIC; PRANCE; CAPER
- bias
- a prejudiced view (either for or against); a preference SYN: PARTIALLY; FAVORITISM
- ensue
- to follow as a result SYN: TO RESULT ANT: TO CAUSE
- gyrate
- to rotate or revolve quickly; to spiral SYN: REVOLVE; WHIRL
- aloof
- reserved, distant SYN: DETACHED; COLD; REMOTE ANT: WARM; FRIENDLY
- fiat
- an official order SYN: DECREE; AUTHORIZATION
- fidelity
- faithfulness SYN: LOYALTY; DEVOTION ANT: TREACHERY
- melee
- a noisy, confused fight SYN: SKIRMISH; FRACAS
- pariah
- a social outcast SYN:exile; outsider ANT:insider
- personification
- a person or thing that represents an idea
- rambunctious
- unruly; uncontrollable SYN: WILD; DISORDERLY; BOISTEROUS ANT: CALM; PACIFIC; TRANQUIL
- desecrate
- to damage a holy place; to treat with irreverence SYN: VANDALIZE; VIOLATE ANT: CONSECRATE