Developmental Reading Vocabulary
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- serendipity
- unexpected good luck
- facade
- false front
- avian
- relating to birds
- Imam
- respected Muslim religious leader
- dictum
- written or spoken command
- phallic
- suggesting a penis
- esoteric
- known only to a few
- beatific
- saintly
- rhetoric
- the art of pursuasion through language
- hectoring
- bothering; scolding
- gringo
- negative slang term for U.S. citizens used in Latin America
- baroque
- period of art and music, 1650-1750, characterized by beautiful pattern and detail
- bucolic
- beautiful country setting
- cryptic
- brief and mysterious
- venture capitalism
- supplying money for new ideas in exchange for stock in the new company
- maize
- Indian corn
- deadpanned
- joke spoken with a completely straight face
- assimilate
- fit into another culture
- euthanasia
- mercy killing
- heralded
- announcing