Clap When You Land Vocab List #1

stanza

a division of a poem based on thought or form

enjambment

poetic “sentence” which flows over more than one line

free verse

lines with no rhyme or regular meter

placid

serenely free of interruption or disturbance

thicket

a dense growth of shrubbery or small trees

embankment

a raised structure (as of earth or gravel) used primarily to hold back water or to carry a roadway

mourn

to feel or express grief or sorrow

effervesence

an appealingly lively quality

trope

a common or overused theme or device

adjacent

 immediately preceding or following

stench

a characteristic repugnant quality

sanctuary

a place of refuge and protection

impose

to establish or bring about as if by force

barrio

a ward, quarter, or district of a city or town

placate

to soothe or mollify, especially by concessions

chafe

irritate, vex

ornery

having an irritable disposition

gentrification

a process in which a poor area (as of a city) experiences an influx of middle-class or wealthy people

sinkhole

a hollow place or depression in which drainage collects

cunning

characterized by wiliness and trickery

premonition

anticipation of an event without conscious reason

cacophony

language that seems to the ear to be harsh, rough, and unmusical