Bright Green Words

putrid

• very unpleasant; repulsive

• unconventional and slightly strange

• useless; pointless

• impressive; showy; magnificent

futile

• forbidden

• incapable of being fully explored or understood

• useless; pointless

• The dictionary definition of a word

offhanded

• forbidden

• useless; pointless

• Pulled or drawn tight

• without previous thought or preparation

unfathomable

• an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

• A contrast between expectation and reality

• becoming weak

• incapable of being fully explored or understood

grandiose

• impressive; showy; magnificent

• Pertaining to a lion; having characteristics of a lion, such as fierceness and majesty.

• forbidden

• a firmly held opinion, often a religious belief

Verboten

• unconventional and slightly strange

• slightly eccentric or mentally disordered

• impressive; showy; magnificent

• forbidden

Denotation

• The dictionary definition of a word

• word for word; exactly as written or spoken

• an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

• useless; pointless

verbatim

• an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

• word for word; exactly as written or spoken

• without previous thought or preparation

• very unpleasant; repulsive

Connotation

• becoming weak

• The dictionary definition of a word

• unconventional and slightly strange

• an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

Rhetoric

• the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

• A contrast between expectation and reality

• word for word; exactly as written or spoken

• an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.