Vocab Review Short Story Unit RC III

At first the officer considered the treatment of the Burmese people __________.

• humane

• inhumane

• frivolous

• haggle

In order to appear cool, Johnny decided to __________ even though he was in a hurry and he probably should have run.

• ethereal

• illusory

• saunter

• cow

Though he spent a lot of time reading and preaching about the Gospels, Alan was cruel and __________ in the way he treated his congregation.

• squalid

• mahout

• despotic

• garish

It was futile to try to __________ a chocolate cake as there were no bakers near the village for miles.

• procure

• senility

• compulsory

• caprice

To __________ the indigenous peoples, colonizers often used violence.

• cow

• trifle

• comely

• Sahib

__________ attire is unacceptable at school.

• theology

• compulsory

• ethereal

• racy

Despite the fact that there was no mud, her surroundings we so squalid she felt __________ in muck.

• paddied

• supplanted

• mired

• emaciated

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words is called

• analogy

• repetition

• alliteration

• enumeration

a reference to culture, religion, history or literature to add add/develop meaning/context

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• allusion

uses exaggeration to convey meaning; claims not meant to be taken literally

• allusion

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• adage