| A | B |
|---|
| muted | hushed or low-key |
| outcry | protest, objection |
| ominous | threatening, menacing |
| template | pattern, guide, or model to copy or replicate |
| innocuous | harmless |
| prohibition | ban or proscription; law or decree that forbids an act or behavior; taboo |
| depiction | representation or portrayal |
| ebb | to recede or diminish |
| construe | to interpret or infer |
| imam | the officiating priest of a mosque; the title for a Muslim religious leader or chief |
| inflame | to provoke or agitate |
| commentariat | the group of journalists and broadcasters who analyze and comment on current affairs |
| desecrate | to despoil, defile, or violate |
| strident | harshly loud |
| incinerate | to cremate or destroy by fire |
| ordinance | decree or regulation |
| fear-mongering | the use of scare tactics to influence the opinions and actions of others towards some specific end |
| slander | a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report |
| sideshow | a small show or entertainment offered in conjunction with a larger attraction, as at a circus or fair |
| effigy | a crude representation of someone, used as a focus for contempt or ridicule and often hung up or burnt in public |
| fuselage | the complete central structure to which the wing, tail surfaces, and engines are attached on an airplane |
| ensnare | to trap or entangle |
| ploy | ruse, trick or maneuver |
| blind-sided | surprised or caught unaware |
| bigot | a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion |
| maim | to disfigure or mutilate |
| peremptory | domineering; leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal |
| pragmatism | common sense or practicality |
| zealotry | undue or excessive enthusiasm; fanaticism |
| inflammatory | tending to arouse anger or hostility |
| disjunctive | expressing an alternative or opposition |
| disdain | scorn or contempt |
| moderation | restraint and self-control |
| intemperate | immoderate, hot-headed |
| satirize | to attack or ridicule for the purpose of changing behavior or institutions or to draw attention to a issue |
| parable | a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson |
| rhetorical | used for stylistic or persuasive effect |
| syllogism | a kind of deductive logical argument in which one proposition is inferred from two others |
| fallacy | a misleading or erroneous logical argument |
| paradox | a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. |
| oxymoron | A rhetorical device in which two seemingly contradictory words are used together for effect |
| periodic structure | A sentence in which the main clause or its predicate is withheld until the end |
| hyperbole | exaggeration or overstatement |
| cliché | a trite or formulaic saying |
| metaphor | The comparison of one thing to another without the use of like or as |
