Lesson 6: Guernica (Pablo Picasso) Flashcards
(18 cards)
I can never find anything in Don Quijote; that store is total __________!
(mess, confusion)
chaos
[KAY - os]
If the population keeps declining, Japan’s future could be __________.
(not hopeful)
bleak
The __________ of the broken glass were very sharp and dangerous.
(has sharp, rough points sticking out)
jagged
The university _________ plagiarism, and will expel any student who copies someone else’s work.
(strongly disapproves of)
condemn, condemns
(kon - DEM)
The man was released from prison after a DNA test showed he was __________.
(not guilty of a crime)
innocent
In America, there is serious __________ over immigration, with people on both sides having strong opinions.
(public disagreement)
controversy (adjective: controversial)
John drank a __________ amount of beer at the party and felt sick the next day.
(extremely large)
prodigious
[pro - DI - jus]
Jenny started playing the piano when she was two years old, and was a __________ talent.
(unusually advanced)
precocious
[pre - KO - shus]
Listening to Chopin’s nocturnes always puts me in a rather __________ mood.
(sad, but for no obvious reason)
melancholy
[MEL - un - kol - ee]
The family watched in __________ as the fire got closer to the house.
(mental pain, suffering)
anguish (or agony)
[AN - gwish]
The cat __________ its body to crawl through the fence.
(twisted its shape)
contorted
Billy __________ all connections with his family after he left his hometown.
(cut off, stopped)
severed
[SE - ver]
Shakespeare’s early play Titus Andronicus contains scenes of shocking __________.
(violence)
brutality
[bru - TAL - ity]
This sentence is a little __________; maybe you could state your point a bit more clearly.
(not clear, open to several meanings)
ambiguous
[am - BIG - yu - us]
Jim’s dog is very __________ toward strangers.
(likely to attack)
aggressive
[uh - GRES - ive]
Companies often put __________ messages in their ads. For example, movie theatres sometimes flash the words ‘Eat popcorn!’ on the screen to try and get people to buy popcorn and soda.
(something you see but aren’t aware of, something just below consciousness)
subliminal
[sub - LIM - in - ul]
After she became homeless, Samantha fell into deep __________.
(feeling of no hope)
despair
[dis - PARE]
The girl let out a loud __________ when she saw a cockroach on her bed.
[scream]
shriek
[shreek]
