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Malice

A type of hatred that causes a strong desire to harm others both physically and emotionally.

Fluctuate

To vary or change often, rising or falling seemingly at random.

Patronize

To talk or behave in a way that seems friendly; nevertheless, they also act as if they were more intelligent or important than you are.

Malignant

Deadly or causes great harm.

Mediocre

Average or ordinary in quality.

Statutory

Created, established, and controlled by rules and laws.

Naive

Too trusting of others; they don't have enough experience in life to know whom to believe.

Distortion

Twisted out of shape in some way.

Tenacious

Does not quit until they finish what they've started.

Predecessor

Comes before someone else in a job or is an ancestor of someone.

Versatile

Skillful at doing many different things.

Interim

Only temporary; it lasts until the position can be filled permanently.

Formulate

To create something.

Unquenchable

Desire or thirst cannot be satisfied or gotten rid of.

Disentangle

Untie completely.

Simile

A direct comparison, using 'like' or 'as', to describe something.

Metaphor

An indirect comparison to describe something.

Idiom

A saying or phrase that is used to describe a situation.

First-person narrator

Uses 'I' to tell a story from their own perspective.

Second-person narrator

Uses 'you' to tell a story implicating the reader or talking to another person.

Third-person narrator

Uses names or pronouns to tell a story about others.

Verbal irony

When you say the opposite of what you mean.

Dramatic irony

When the audience knows something that the characters do not.

Situational irony

When the opposite of what is expected happens.

Gothic literature

A genre often characterized by intense emotions, gloomy settings, women in distress, and supernatural elements.

Rainsford

A character in 'The Most Dangerous Game' who is revolted by the idea of killing people.

Zaroff

A character in 'The Most Dangerous Game' who respects his prey but has embraced killing them.

Kanamit

Characters in 'To Serve Man' who promise to improve human society but have ulterior motives.

Dynamic character

A character who undergoes significant internal change throughout the story.

Static character

A character who does not undergo significant change in the story.

Red herring

Something that can lead one towards a false conclusion, particularly in detective novels.

Alibi

A claim or piece of evidence that someone was elsewhere when a crime took place.

Witness

A person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.

Evidence

Information that suggests whether a belief is true or valid.

Whodunnit

A type of mystery where you don’t know who the killer is until the very end.

Lennie

A character in 'Of Mice and Men' who has cognitive disabilities and is cared for by George.

Curley's wife

A character in 'Of Mice and Men' who symbolizes her lack of identity by not having a name.

Great Depression

A severe worldwide economic downturn that took place during the 1930s.