Front Desk Vocab, CH. 24 - 31

A comparison that does NOT use "like" or "as." (noun)

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. (noun)

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

Giving human qualities to something non-human (noun)

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

A comparison using "like" or "as" (noun)

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

A book or other collection of financial accounts of a particular type. (noun)

• Hunch

• Hospitality

• Ledger

• Sprawl

To sit, lie, or fall with one's arms and legs spread out in an ungainly or awkward way. (verb)

• Mock

• Ledger

• Hospitality

• Sprawl

to raise one's shoulders and bend the top of one's body forward. (verb)

• Sprawl

• Hunch

• Hospitality

• Massive

The friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests or visitors (noun)

• Hospitality

• Hunch

• Mock

• Glossy

Shiny and smooth. (adjective)

• Mock

• Glossy

• Hunch

• Sprawl

To say something abruptly, especially as an interruption. (verb)

• Interject

• Hunch

• Glossy

• Occur