UNIT DEFINITIONS Chapter 1-22
1. SATIRE: the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
2. IRONY: the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
3. HYPERBOLE: Exaggerating an issue in order to point out its simple weaknesses.
4. Colloquial: characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.
5. Commence: to begin
6. Victuals: things you eat, provisions, things you need.
7. Trance: Dream State.
8. Providence: luck, fate.
9. Whale: hitting someone.
10. Genies: Magical Creatures.
11. Nabob: notable, wealthy, famous.
12. Temperance: tolerance to something.
13. Delirium Tremens: Crazy smasms.
14. Quicksilver: mercury.
15. Abolitionist: people opposed to slavery.
16. Speculate: guessing, predictions of what’s going to happen, assumptions.
17. Thrash: beat, harm, frail your arms.
18. Reticule: make fun of.
19. Contrived: plot, manufacture an idea.
20. Derrick: people system, platform.
21. Skiff: raft.
22. Rapscallions: Troublemakers.
23. Gaudy: over-the-top, flashy, extravagant.
24. Infernal: hot.
25. Outlandish: bizarre.
