Short Story Unit Cult lit and Vocab

Serpentine

Serpentine

Snake like

Twaddle

Nonsense

Balderdash

Nonsense

Bamboozle

To trick

Nincompoop

Idiot

Gnarly

Rad/cool

Canoodle

Snuggling/ Kissing and cuddling

Brouhaha

Chaos/Disorder

Mondegreen

Misheard song lyrics

Groke

To stare at someone while they’re eating, hoping that they’ll give you food

Sillage

Scent that lingers after being near someone with perfume on themselves

Crapulous

Sick from excessive eating or drinking

Place of indulgence or sin

Babylon

Book by Roman writer/ used to refer to politicians that are distracted from big problems

Bread and Cheese

Aztec king in Mexico

Montezuma

Nazi Police

Gestapo

Russian mystic who was extremely hard to kill. It was said he had influence over the Tsar’s wife.

Rasputin

Instead of giving an answer, you then attack the person who was debating with you.

Ad Hominem

to assume a conclusion without any evidence

Beg the question

Putting a disagreement to rest or to fail to emphasize the most important part of a story or account.

Bury the Hatchet

Someone who’s focused on detail, which blinds them of the big picture

Can’t see the forest for the trees

Retirement package that is used to encourage for the ppl at the top of the corporate ladder (which they are unable to fire) to leave

Golden parachute