Vocab List 4 Flashcards
Vehemently
(Adv.) the display of strong feeling; passion
Resolute
(Adj.) Admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering
Infallible
Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong
Furled
(V.) roll or fold up and secure neatly (a flag, Sail, umbrella, etc.)
Lavish
(Adj.) sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious
Assail
(V.) To make a concerted or violent attack on
Extolled
(V.) To Praise enthusiastically
Colloquial
Ordinary language, vernacular
Chiasmus
Figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of two parallel clauses is reversed into the second
Caricature
Depiction in which a characters characteristics or features are so deliberately exaggerated
Caesura
A pause in a line verse in grammatical speech.
Blank verse
First form that most resembles common speech
Unrhymed lines in Iambic pentameter