Superman and me: The joy of reading and writing vocabulary list – Flashcards

noun 1. a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel. 2. a character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot.

noun 1. a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government. 2. Also called storyline. the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story. 3. a small piece or area of ground:

noun 1. something that remains above what is used or needed. 2. an amount, quantity, etc., greater than needed. 3. agricultural produce or a quantity of food grown by a nation or area in excess of its needs, especially such a quantity of food purchased and stored by a governmental program of guaranteeing farmers a specific price for certain crops.

adjective 1. showing great enthusiasm for or interest in 2. extremely desirous (often followed by for or sometimes of)

noun 1. to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously. 2. to destroy or harm treacherously and viciously:

noun 1. Biology. the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment. 2. the genetic properties and phenomena of an organism.

noun 1. conversation between two or more persons. 2. the conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc. 3. an exchange of ideas or opinions on a particular issue, especially a political or religious issue, with a view to reaching an amicable agreement or settlement. 4. a literary work in the form of a conversation:

noun 1. a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious. 2. a book, literary work, etc., containing such a story. 3. the art, technique, or process of narrating

noun 1. the act of keeping back, withholding, or setting apart. 2. the act of making an exception or qualification. 3. an exception or qualification made expressly or tacitly: to accept something, but with inner reservations. 4. a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose, as for the use of an Indian tribe. 5. an arrangement to secure accommodations at a restaurant or hotel, on a boat or plane, etc. 6. the record kept or assurance given of such an arrangement:

noun 1. a person, especially a child or young person, having extraordinary talent or ability:

noun 1. the person that is used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anything or to anyone other than the speaker or the one or ones being addressed. 2. a linguistic form or the group of linguistic forms referring to this grammatical person, as certain verb forms, pronouns, etc.: "He goes" contains a pronoun and a verb form in the third person. 3. in or referring to such a grammatical person or linguistic form:

adjective 1. having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions. 2. free from ostentation or showy extravagance: a modest house. 3. having or showing regard for the decencies of behavior, speech, dress, etc.; decent: a modest neckline on a dress. 4. limited or moderate in amount, extent, etc.:

noun 1. speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision. verb (used with object), ridiculed, ridiculing. 2. to deride; make fun of.

verb (used with object) 1. to overthrow (something established or existing). 2. to cause the downfall, ruin, or destruction of. 3. to undermine the principles of; corrupt.

adjective 1. having only one syllable, as the word no. 2. having a vocabulary composed primarily of monosyllables or short, simple words. 3. very brief; terse or blunt:

adjective 1. inclined or ready to submit; unresistingly or humbly obedient:

noun, plural 1. sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy: to feel pity for a starving child. 2. a cause or reason for pity, sorrow, or regret:

adjective 1. making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud: 2. characterized by or proceeding from arrogance, or a sense of superiority, self-importance, or entitlement:

noun 1. (among North American Indians) a ceremony, especially one accompanied by magic, feasting, and dancing, performed for the cure of disease, success in a hunt, etc. 2. a council or conference of or with Indians. 3. (among North American Indians) a priest or shaman. 4. Informal. any conference or meeting.

adjective 1. showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve. 2. persistently and silently ill-humored; morose. 3. indicative of gloomy ill humor. 4. gloomy or dismal, as weather or a sound. 5. sluggish, as a stream.