click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Collection Two
The Thrill of Horror
Term | Definition |
---|---|
convention | a practice or procedure widely used by a group; a custom |
predict | to tell about in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge |
psychology | the study of mental processes and behaviors |
summary | a condensed, or shorter, report that includes the main points of a text or event |
technique | the systematic or orderly procedure by which a task in accomplished |
conceive | to think of an idea |
parallel | to have comparable or similar parts |
dissimulation | a hiding of one's true feelings |
sagacity | sound judgement |
stifle | to smother |
crevice | a narrow crack |
audacity | shameless daring or boldness |
scantlings | small wooden beams supporting the floor |
suavity | graceful politeness |
vehemently | to do something with intense emotion |
hypocritical | a person who is false or deceptive |
gesticularion | energetic gestures of the hands or arms |
dissemble | pretend |
accessible | easily approached or entered |
putrid | foul-smelling or rotten |
assailed | attacked |
travesty | a bizarre imitation |
abomination | a disgusting thing |
peril | something that is dangerous |
condole | to express sympathy or sorrow with someone |
fate | a power that is thought to determine the course of events |
frivolous | inappropriately silly |
notorious | infamous, widely known |
speculate | guess |
malicious | intentionally harmful |
forshadow | the writer's hints and clues that suggests events that may occur |
tone | the author's attitude towards a subject, reader, or character |
mood | the atmosphere or feel of the story; the overall feeling you get as the reader when you read a story |
symbolism | a person, place, object that has meaning in itself, but suggests other meanings as well |
irony | when the outcome or action is unexpected or opposite of what you would expect |