Vocabulary 2.6 (Allusion)

to throw a stream of things; to strike successively; to hurry

• plague

• pelt

• unscathed

• parallel

allowing light to pass through; easily recognized or understood; easily seen through or detected

• allusion

• poised

• pelt

• transparent

an easily spread disease causing a large number of deaths; a widespread evil

• transparent

• parallel

• unscathed

• plague

balanced; suspended; calm; controlled; ready for action

• poised

• pelt

• plague

• allusion

side by side and having the same distance continuously between them (never meeting)

• plague

• allusion

• parallel

• poised

wholly unharmed, not injured

• transparent

• unscathed

• plague

• allusion

(literary) brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature

• unscathed

• parallel

• pelt

• allusion

A synonym for allusion is __________________.

• balanced

• reference

• wear

• restrain

An antonym for plague is _________________.

• epidemic

• understood

• compromise

• blessing

A synonym for pelt is ___________________.

• shower

• delay

• collect

• rule