Grades 9-10 (WVI 4)
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caricature a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance.
carnage the mass killing of people; slaughter.
climactic pertaining to, reaching, or being the point of highest interest or intensity in a series of increasingly important points or events.
counterbalance to balance or offset with an equal force or influence; counterpoise.
degeneration the process of decline or decay.
discernible able to be perceived or distinguished.
dregs the part of anything that is left over or that has the least value or use.
entity anything that exists objectively and distinctly, whether nonliving or living; thing or being.
grandeur the quality of being majestic or splendid.
inane devoid of meaning or substance; nonsensical.
indiscriminate lacking in judgment and discernment; making no distinctions.
innumerable very many.
presumption a belief that is taken for granted but not proved.
recrimination an accusation made in response to being accused by another, or the act of countering one accusation with another.
scandalous causing, or likely to cause, a scandal; shocking; disgraceful.