word study #5 - From "the Sniper" and "Cranes"

 

1.     beleaguered –                          overwhelmed                         

2.     sniper -                                    an assassin w/a gun

3.     ruse -                                        a complicated trick   

4.     silhouette –                             a shadow/outline

5.     remorse –                                 guilt, sadness           

6.     avert -                                    to look away      

7.     obstruction                             a blockage

8.     constitute                               to make     

9.     mainstay –                              the biggest part - pizza

10.                        refuge –                          a safe place        

11.                        intolerance –                  no understanding

12.                        coerce –                          to force

13.                        abhor –                           to hate

14.                        optimist –                      a positive person

15.                        negotiations –               compromises

16.                        subdue –                       to calm

17.                        theme –                    what the author is teaching

18.                        dramatic irony –       when the audience knows what the
                                              characters don’t

19.                        verbal irony –           a character says the opposite  of
                                              what he/she means

20.                        situational irony –   the unexpected