Flashcards: K. Nordstrom Week 42: English
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 foreshadowing | the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the story The hero's predicament is _______ed in the first chapter. |
| manipulate | to control or influence a person or situation in a clever and usually unfair or selfish way She knows how to _______ her parents to get what she wants. |
| propaganda | ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, a government, etc. The report was nothing but lies and _______. |
| climax | the most exciting and important part of a story, play, or movie that occurs usually at or near the end At the novel's _______, the main character finds herself face to face with the thief. |
| agenda | a plan or goal that guides someone's behavior and that is often kept secret She simply wants to help the city build a new bridge; she has no hidden _______ behind her actions. |
| canvas | to talk to the people in an area in order to get them to support a candidate, project, idea, etc. The group has been _______ing neighborhoods to ask people to vote for him. |
| dynamo | a machine that produces electricity; electric generator After surveying the ground, Snowball declared that this was just the place for a windmill, which could be made to operate a _______ and supply the farm with electrical power. |
| embolden | to instill with courage _______ed by the collapse of the windmill, the human beings were inventing fresh lies about Animal Farm. |
| malignity | an example of evil behavior In sheer _______ this traitor has crept here under cover of night and destroyed our work of nearly a year. |
| manoeuvre | a strategy to gain a particular aim He had SEEMED to oppose the windmill, simply as a _______ to get rid of Snowball. |
| perpendicularity | the state of being perpendicular, or at right angles, to a specified plane They admired the strength and perpendicularity of its walls and marveled that they should ever have been able to build anything so imposing. |
| superintendence | the act of directing or overseeing The building began, under the superintendence of the pigs. |
| perpetually | continuing forever or for a very long time without stopping They put it about that the animals on the Manor Farm were _______ fighting among themselves. |
| consensus | agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole Such a broad _______ should be a powerful message to government. |
| amalgam | a mixture or blend It was a curious _______ of the traditional and the modern |