Vocabulary Week Five Surreal Adj Characterized Proportion noun
Vocabulary Week Five
Surreal (Adj. ) Characterized Proportion (noun) by The relationship fantastic imagery and between thing with odd events respect to their resembling a dream. comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree. Dali’s paintings are a bizarre mix of That hound dog’s tiny elements like the legs look out of surreal image of proportion to that big, melting clocks. fat body.
Aesthetic(adj. ) Sensitive Proximity (noun) to or Nearness or appreciative of art or closeness. beauty. Soldiers will tell you The aesthetic that the proximity to qualities of the house death brings with it a didn’t match the high corresponding price its sellers were proximity to life. asking, for it was rather simple and unassuming.
Anarchy (noun) Ambiguity (noun) Something that does absence of any not have clear meaning. system of government. A disordered, chaotic, The ambiguity of the clairvoyant’s message and uncontrolled from the deceased situation. allowed the grieving Too often, the presence relatives to interpret them however they of a substitute teacher wished. leads to anarchy in the classroom. The
Mundane (adj. ) Fortify (verb) Commonplace, Make boring; ordinary or everyday. Relating to the concerns of the workaday world. After visiting Stephanie at college, her parents were surprised at how mundane the life of this high school partier had become strong or stronger. Food scientists have found ways to fortify cereal, but in addition to vitamins C and D, they usually add too much sugar.
Coy (adj. ) Trying Pester (verb) to be modest Annoying and persistent. or shy in a playful, To nag someone about flirtatious, or something. provocative manner. At the beginning of her At times she gave off second week, she began a kind of come-get-me pestering her mom to energy, coy, and take her down to the flirtatious, but it never village at the foot of the bothered her hill. boyfriend.
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