Vocab 4

Question 1

Personification

Answer 1

the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure

Question 2

Irony

Answer 2

the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

Question 3

Narrator

Answer 3

The person that gives an account or tells the story of events

Question 4

Theme

Answer 4

a unifying or dominant idea, motif, ect., as in a work or art

Question 5

Entrails

Answer 5

internal parts of the trunk of an animal body

Question 6

Disembowel

Answer 6

to remove the bowels or entrails from

Question 7

Scourge

Answer 7

a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture

Question 8

Lithe

Answer 8

bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible

Question 9

Leering

Answer 9

to look with a sideways or oblique glance, especially suggestive of lascivious interest or sly and malicious intention

Question 10

Berserk

Answer 10

violently or destructively frenzied; wild; crazed; deranged

Question 11

Jubilant

Answer 11

showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant

Question 12

Gloated

Answer 12

to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction

Question 13

Haggard

Answer 13

having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn

Question 14

Predatory

Answer 14

preying upon other organisms for food

Question 15

Sinews

Answer 15

the source of strength, power, or vigor