American Lit Vocab-Week 9 (Pre 12 Week IA)

Accosted

• approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively.

• (of a building or object) in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect.

• distribute (resources or duties) for a particular purpose.

• giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive.

Dilapidated

• (of a building or object) in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect.
• a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
• the combination of ideas to form a theory or system.
• exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Concise

• giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive.
• an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
• impossible to pass through or enter.
• distribute (resources or duties) for a particular purpose.

Impenetrable

• impossible to pass through or enter.
• approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively.
• giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive.
• the combination of ideas to form a theory or system.

Allocated

• distribute (resources or duties) for a particular purpose.
• exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
• (of a building or object) in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect.
• an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Synthesis

• the combination of ideas to form a theory or system.
• distribute (resources or duties) for a particular purpose.
• so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous.
• approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively.

Ludicrous

• so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous.
• giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive.
• approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively.
• impossible to pass through or enter.

Anecdotes

• a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
• impossible to pass through or enter.
• an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
• so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous.

Hyperbole

• exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
• so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous.
• a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
• (of a building or object) in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect.

Allusion

• an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
• the combination of ideas to form a theory or system.
• exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
• a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.