| Term | Definition |
|---|
| pathetic | arousing pity, sorrow, ect. pitiful |
| fallacy | a mistaken idea, error |
| pathetic fallacy | in literature, the attribution of human feelings and characteristics to inanimate things |
| sphere | any round body having the surface equally distant from the center at all points; globe; ball |
| cello | an instrument of the violen family, between the viola and double bass in size and pitch |
| rue | to feel remorse for;to regret;sorrow |
| luminous | giving off light;bright;clear;readily understood |
| conspicuous | easy to see;outstanding;striking |
| ludicrous | causing laughter because absurd or ridiculous |
| girth | the circumference as of a tree trunk |
| pallid | faint in colo, pale |
| chisel | to swindel or get by swindeling |
| granite | a hard grainy igneous rock consisting mainly of feldspar and quartz |
| rife | widespread; abounding |
| panacea | a supposed remedy for all ills |
| anachronism | anything out of its proper historical time |
| belligerent | ready to fight or quarrel |
| bluster | to blow stormily, said of the wind; to speak in a noisy, swaggering manner |
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