1. English Literature Vocab. Week 3

2. berserk The teenager’s mother went berserk when she found out her daughter had wrecked her car.

3. berserk  Crazed, madly excited  Synonyms  crazy, demented, distraught, enraged, frenzied, mad, violent, wild crazydementeddistraught frenziedmadviolentwild crazydementeddistraught frenziedmadviolentwild

4. broach  We broached our plans for the new year, which initiated a rather lengthy discussion.

5. broach  To bring up (a subject)  Synonyms  bring up, introduce, put forth, raise bring upintroduceput forthraise bring upintroduceput forthraise

6. brooch  She wore a brooch on the collar of her dress.

7. brooch  An ornamental pin  Synonyms  bar, clasp, clip, jewelry, ornament, pin, shield barclaspclipjewelryornamentpin shield barclaspclipjewelryornamentpin shield

8. cite  It is imperative to cite all sources used in a research paper.

9. cite  To quote or mention  Synonyms  credit, document, excerpt, extract, indicate, mention, name, note, notify creditdocumentexcerptextractindicate mentionnamenotenotify creditdocumentexcerptextractindicate mentionnamenotenotify

10. procrastinate  Seniors must not procrastinate when it comes to completing college applications.

11. procrastinate  To delay or put off  Synonyms  dally, defer, delay, loiter, postpone, prolong, stall, wait dallydeferdelayloiterpostponeprolong stallwait dallydeferdelayloiterpostponeprolong stallwait

12. rectify  We shall rectify the error as soon as possible.

13. rectify  To correct  Synonyms  adjust, amend, correct, cure, fix, improve, purify, rebuild, redress, refine, reform, remedy, repair, straighten adjustamendcorrectcurefiximprove purifyrebuildredressrefinereform remedyrepairstraighten adjustamendcorrectcurefiximprove purifyrebuildredressrefinereform remedyrepairstraighten

14. masticate  The cows were masticating the grass.

15. masticate  To chew  Synonyms  chew, chomp, crunch, crush, gnash, grind, knead chewchompcrunchcrushgnashgrind knead chewchompcrunchcrushgnashgrind knead

16. adage  We’ve all heard the adage, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

17. adage  A saying  Synonyms  cliché, motto, phrase, proverb, wisecrack, witticism mottophraseproverbwisecrack witticismmottophraseproverbwisecrack witticism

18. caricature  His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.

19. caricature  Exaggerated drawing of someone’s peculiarities (poke fun at)  Synonyms  cartoon, exaggeration, farce, lampoon, mimic, mock cartoonexaggerationfarcelampoon mimic cartoonexaggerationfarcelampoon mimic

20. nihilism  Many suffered from the power-mad nihilism that marked Hitler's last years.

21. Nihilism  A belief that there are no values, morals or goodness in the world.  Synonyms  anarchy, chaos, disorder, lawlessness, skepticism anarchychaosdisorderlawlessness skepticism anarchychaosdisorderlawlessness skepticism