Word List #1-English 3

Maudlin

• Wallowing in self-pity

• absurd; ludicrous

• extremely poisonous; full of hate

• a maze (or something similar)

Farcical

• Wallowing in self-pity

• absurd; ludicrous

• extremely poisonous; full of hate

• a maze (or something similar)

Labyrinth

• Wallowing in self-pity

• absurd; ludicrous

• extremely poisonous; full of hate

• a maze (or something similar)

Virulent

• Wallowing in self-pity

• absurd; ludicrous

• extremely poisonous; full of hate

• a maze (or something similar)

Loquacious

• formed long ago; primitive

• relating to the surface; shallow

• to reject

• Talking a lot of too much

Primordial

• Formed long ago; primitive

• to deviate from the truth

• sweetly flowing

• limited in outlook; narrow

Mellifluous

• limited in outlook; narrow

• expressing disdain; showing lack of respect

• sweetly flowing

• difficult to perceive by the senses

Contemptuous

• limited in outlook; narrow

• expressing disdain; showing lack of respect

• sweetly flowing

• difficult to perceive by the senses

Assonance

• repetition of similar vowel sounds

• repetition of final consonant sounds

• words that sound like their meaning

• comparison of two unlike objects using the words "like" or "as"

Simile

• repetition of similar vowel sounds

• comparing two things without using "like" or "as"

• words that sound like their meaning

• comparison of two unlike objects using the words "like" or "as"