Vocabulary List Two Flashcards
Cupidity
Noun
greed for money or possessions.
Denouement
Noun
the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved
Unraveling of the plot
Lampoon
Noun
A speech or text criticizing someone
Verb
Publicly criticized
Mercurial
Adj
(of a person) subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.
Mnemonic
Noun
device such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations that assists in remembering something
Adj
aiding or designed to aid the memory.
Narcissism
Noun
A disorder in which a person has an inflated sense of self-importance.
Promethean
Adj
Creative
Baroque
Adj
relating to or denoting a style of European architecture, music, and art of the 17th and 18th centuries that followed mannerism and is characterized by ornate detail
Burlesque
Noun
an absurd or comically exaggerated imitation of something, especially in a literary or dramatic work; a parody.
Verb
cause to appear absurd by parodying or copying in an exaggerated form.
Cynosure
Noun
a person or thing that is the center of attention or
Draconian
Adj
excessively harsh and severe
Ethereal
Adj
extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world.
Solon
Intelligent law giver
Saturnine
Adj
slow and gloomy
Stygian
Adj
very dark
