Vocabulary List #9 23-24

The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.T

• dramatic irony

• cement

• situational irony

• piety

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A character shouting, "Don't go in there!" in a horror film whist the audience is aware of what is awaiting them is an example of...

• dramatic irony

• famish

• superstition

• occurrence

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

excessively credulous belief in and reverence for supernatural beings.

• superstition

• mandatory

• falsetto

• cement

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

to unite or make firm

• cement

• famish

• plagiarize

• coordinate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

a voice or sound that is unusually or unnaturally high.

• falsetto

• livid

• occurrence

• piety

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The house was shrouded in ______________________ and the belief that bad things had happened in the basement.

• superstition

• mandatory

• dramatic irony

• livid

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Mrs. Lewis tried to ___________ the Bill of Rights into our minds.

• cement

• plagiarize

• famish

• appease

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

The __________ voice of Mr. Bergeron was much more beautiful than Mr. Yack's voice.

• falsetto

• occurrence

• famish

• livid

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

to cause to suffer severely from hunger

• famish

• mandatory

• appease

• ascend

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Russia's repeated crop failures caused the citizens to ______________.

• famish

• piety

• appease

• livid

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4