9/19 Vocab Flashcards
Agitated
Emotionally excited or annoyed
Animosity
Feeling of strong hatred or dislike
Demeanor
Outward behavior; facial expressions and body language.
Deprivation
The condition of living without the things one needs.
Devoid
Completely without.
Disjunction
A dividing or disjoining; separation.
Grotesque
Odd, twisted, or bizarre.
Intrigue
To stir up interest or curiosity
Trepidation
Fearful uncertainty or worry
Vulnerability
The state of being easily hurt, either emotionally or physically.
Crouched
To stoop or bend low
Elevated
To be raised up
Degenerative
Causing things-a situation or a disease-to get worse
Amplified
Increased in intensity or sound
Ricochet
To rebound (as an object off a flat surface)
Inert
Incapable of moving or changing
Consciousness
Awareness
Gaunt
Thin and angular, often as the result of suffering
Theme
The main idea of the story; the idea the author wants his/her reader to understand
Flashback
A literary device by which an author goes back to a scene that happened before the beginning of the work.
