vocabulary preview: “the storyteller”
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Vocabulary Preview: “The Storyteller”
Satire noun
• The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
sultry adjective
• 1. (of the air or weather) Hot and humid.
persistent adjective
• Continuing firmly or obstinately in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.
diversion noun• something that
distracts attention
resolute adjective
• determined
petulant adjective
• (of a person or their manner) Childishly sulky, impatient, peevish, irritable.
deplorable adjective
• Shockingly bad
conviction noun
• 1. A formal declaration that someone is guilty of a criminal offense, made by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law.
• 2. A firmly held belief or opinion.
retort noun
• A sharp, angry, or wittily incisive reply to a remark.
assail verb
• Make a concerted or violent attack on.
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