Claiming beliefs

that one does not

really possess or follow; falseness

Stop smoking; it’s bad.

Hypocrisy (noun)Hypocritical (adj)Hypocritically (adv)Hypocrite (noun)

• To understand, to comprehend

Fathom (verb)

Understood, but not clearly

stated or written

Implicit (adj)Implicitly

Someone blamed for the faults of others

Scapegoat (noun)

Stubbornly unyielding; won’t surrender to begging.

Standing firm. Determined.

Adamant (adj)Adamantly (adv)

Occurring at just the right time

Opportune (adj)Opportunely (adv)Opportunity (noun)

Guilt and regret

Remorse (noun) Remorseful (adj) Remorsefully (adv)

Unable to be fixed

Irreparable (adj)

Irreparably (adv)

To banish or exclude someone from a group

Ostracize (verb)Ostracism (noun)ostracizing (adj)

Doubting, distrustful, pessimistic

Cynical (adj)• Cynically (adv)

Someone or something that takes and takes without giving in return

Parasite (noun)

Parasitic (adj)Parasitically (adv)

Directly stated, spelled out clear

I want to break up.

I love you with all my heart,

Darling.

Explicit (adj)Explicitly (adv)

To slowly weaken by wearing away at something or someone

Undermine (verb)undermining (adj)

Easily tricked

Gullible (adj)Gullibly (adv)

Short, but clearly understandableTo brief, vote for me; I’m great!

Succinct (adj)Succinctly (adv)

The direct opposite of what a character, audience or person

expects.

Irony (noun)Ironic (adj)Ironically (adv)

To feel a deep, brewing anger

Seethe (verb)

Sadness, gloom, depression

Melancholy (noun)Melancholy (adj)

Based on morals/values; acting on what is right

Ethical (adj)Ethically (adv)Ethics (noun)

Recklessly ignoring what is right; immoral, cruel or excessive

liars

Wanton (adj.)Wantonly (adverb)Wantonness (noun)

• To agree with

Concur (verb)

Deliberate, on purpose,

without hiding, obvious

Blatant (adj)Blatantly (adv)

The one working against the protagonist; the one

we want to fail

Antagonist (noun)Antagonistic (adj)Antagonistically(adv)

Foreshadows something bad is going to happen

Ominous (adj)ominously (adv)

Firmly sticking to moral beliefs

or values

Integrity (noun)

What matters to a person regardless of consequences or what others think

Prerogative (noun)

Who the story is about;

the one we want to win

Protagonist (noun)

Super freaked out; upset

Distraught (adj)Distraughtly(adv)

Claiming beliefs that one does not really possess or

follow; falseness

Hypocrisy (noun)Hypocritical (adj)Hypocritically (adv)Hypocrite (noun)

• To understand, to comprehend

Fathom (verb)

Understood, but not clearly stated or written

Implicit (adj)Implicitly

Deliberate, on purpose,

without hiding, obvious

Blatant (adj)Blatantly (adv)

The one working against the protagonist; the one

we want to fail

Antagonist (noun)Antagonistic (adj)Antagonistically(adv)

Unable to be fixed

Irreparable (adj)

Irreparably (adv)

To banish or exclude someone from a group

Ostracize (verb)Ostracism (noun)ostracizing (adj)

Foreshadows something bad is going to happen

Ominous (adj)ominously (adv)

Firmly sticking to moral beliefs or values

Integrity (noun)

Someone blamed for the faults of others

Scapegoat (noun)

Stubbornly unyielding; won’t surrender to begging.

Standing firm. Determined.

Adamant (adj)Adamantly (adv)

Occurring at just the right time

Opportune (adj)Opportunely (adv)Opportunity (noun)

Guilt and regret

Remorse (noun) Remorseful (adj) Remorsefully (adv)

Doubting, distrustful, pessimistic

Cynical (adj)• Cynically (adv)

Someone or something that takes and takes without giving in return

Parasite (noun)

Parasitic (adj)Parasitically (adv)

Undermine (verb)undermining (adj)

Easily tricked

Gullible (adj)Gullibly (adv)

Short, but clearly understandable

Succinct (adj)Succinctly (adv)

The direct opposite of what a character, audience or person

expects.

Irony (noun)Ironic (adj)Ironically (adv)

To feel a deep, brewing anger

Seethe (verb)

Sadness, gloom, depression

Melancholy (noun)Melancholy (adj)

Directly stated, spelled out clear

Explicit (adj)Explicitly (adv)

Based on morals/values; acting on what is right

Ethical (adj)Ethically (adv)Ethics (noun)

Recklessly ignoring what is right; immoral, cruel or excessive

Wanton (adj.)Wantonly (adverb)Wantonness (noun)

• To agree with

Concur (verb)

What matters to a person regardless of consequences

or what others think

Prerogative (noun)

Who the story is about; the one we want to win

Protagonist (noun)

Super freaked out; upset

Distraught (adj)Distraughtly(adv)