ELA vocab

Illusion

1. a thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses

throng

1. a large, densely packed crowd of people or animals

animals, 

imperative

1. of vital importance; crucial

Invective

1. insulting, abusive, or highly critical language

Monocle

1.  a single eyeglass, kept in position by the muscles around the eye

Elude

1. evade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way

Sanctify

1. set apart as or declare holy; consecrate

Lucidity

1. clarity of expression; intelligibility

colosuss

1. a statue that is much bigger than life size

Ascertain

1. find (something) out for certain; make sure of

Economize

1. spend less; reduce one's expenses

Pious

1. devoutly religious

Abyss

1. a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm

Anguish

1.  severe mental or physical pain or suffering

In vain

1. without success or a result

Penury

1.  extreme poverty; destitution.

Mysticism

1. a divine experience where an individual believes to have become one with a supreme deity (or deities, based on the belief system).

Peril

1. serious and immediate danger. 

Jubilant

1. feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph.

Sublime

1.  of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe. 

edict

1. an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.

Delusion

1. n. a false belief or impression.

Liquidate

1. eliminate, typically by violent means; kill.

Strewn

1. untidily scattered.

Surreptitiously

1. in a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively.

Surreal

1. having the qualities of surrealism; bizarre; marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream or unbelievable