Eng 1, Vocab Set 4

A short personal account of a story, often amusing

• Anecdote

• Diction

• Debacle

• Precaution

Something different or irregular; a deviation from what is normally expected

• Sham

• Debacle

• Anomaly

• Undertone

Anger at being let down; a feeling of humiliation due to disappointment

• Flair

• Chagrin

• Gist

• Mettle

A disaster or complete failure

• Anomaly

• Nostalgia

• Mettle

• Debacle

An author's choice of words

• Chagrin

• Diction

• Anecdote

• Undertone

1. 1. Natural ability to do something well, especially creative or artistic

2. 2. Obvious elegance or stylishness

• Flair

• Undertone

• Sham

• Renown

The essential point or meaning of something, the main point

• Undertone

• Insomnia

• Flair

• Gist

Inability to fall asleep or to remain asleep long enough to feel rested,

especially when this is s a problem that continues over time

• Nostalgia

• Insomnia

• Chagrin

• Anecdote

Strength of spirit temperament

• Anomaly

• Flair

• Mettle

• Nostalgia

A state of longing for the good times of the past

• Nostalgia

• Insomnia

• Debacle

• Sarcasm