Week 11 Vocabs (first for 2023-2024)

Coherent

Understandable, logical, or consistent.

A call to arms

To prepare for some sort of confrontation

Curmudgeon

Bad temper or surly person

Derelict

In poor condition due to misuse, age, or neglect.

Inevitable

Unavoidable; Bound to happen or Certain to happen

Withered

Dried up and shriveled

“It’s a matter of semantics”

Two people saying the same thing in slightly different ways

Dramatic Irony

When the audience knows something that the character(s) in the story don’t

Conniption

A fit of rage or hysterics

Happenstance

Coincidence or a chance of happening

Pessimist

Someone who looks at the negative side of things and/or life

Elevate

To raise, hold, or lift up, and/or hold up for adoration

Diligent

Having or showing care and conscientiousness in ones work or duties

“A red herring”

Something (especially a clue) that’s intended to be misleading or distracting

Vocation

A trade or profession (Job)

Attribute

Regard something as being caused by

Commiserate

To express or feel sympathy or pity

Ensorcell

To enchant or fascinate

Acquiesce

To accept something reluctantly but without protest

Caveat

A warning or a specific stipulation, condition, or limitations