| A | B |
|---|
| lurking | hiding, to wait in a place |
| bemused | lost in thought |
| apathy | without feelings, insensitive |
| paradox | statement that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth |
| conflagration | a large destructive fire |
| macabre | having the theme or subject of death; gruesome; ghastly; horrible |
| laud | to praise |
| aesthetic | sense of the beautiful |
| pedagogue | teacher; schoolmaster |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name |
| keen | sharp; strong; wonderful; excellent |
| narrative pace | the style of the text- related to how quickly or slowly the story moves |
| verb | action word ( swimming) |
| predicate | the verb part of sentence |
| proper noun | a specific name ( ex: John) always capitalized |
| pronoun | takes place of a noun ( ex: he/she) |
| common noun | general name for something ( pencil, school, teacher) |
| adjective | describes a noun ( ex: pretty) |
| adverb | describes a verb- ends in ly- (ex: quickly) |
| preposition | tells location( ex: below, above, next to) |
| interjection | shows emotion ( help! wow!) followed by !!! |
