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Caricature, Description, Stereotype
 * Rhetorical Terms on This Week's Test--Dec. 5**


 * Our Collaborative Vocabulary Words for This Week's Test**

Rebecca E.
 * Maverick**__Someone, like a politician, intellectual, or artist who takes an independent stance or works apart from the norm; Someone pursuing rebellious policies or ideas.__ This word also has to do with lone calf or steer, but that's not the definition I was going for. It might also be a car. Or a comic book hero. Or an electro-optically guided U.S. air-to-ground tactical missile I found this word while looking for synonyms for 'Loner' Example: The artistic maverick seems to march to his own drum, and creates pieces that others in the community may not agree with.

[|Yen]- noun or verb- a desire or craving; to have a craving, yearn for. I found this on dictionary.com under the unpopular three letter words. I thought it was a neat word that I had never heard of before. With Christmas coming soon, I had an intense yen for my mother's Christmas cookies. Haley H.

__Defenestration__ a throwing of a person or a thing out of a window; or a usually swift expulsion or dismissal. I found this word in Merriam-Webster Online's top ten favorite words. As the bully sat in detention, he regretted defenestrating the freshman out of the bus window in the parking lot. Zach M.

[|Lassitude]- noun- A state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy. I googled interesting words and I found the most beautiful word in the English language website [|(alphadictionary.com]). Her hard run this morning made her think that she could never overcome her lassitude. Alli S.

Ubiquities- 1.the state or capacity of being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresence:t he ubiquity of magical beliefs. 2. Theology. the omnipresence of God or Christ. I heatrd this word in government class and I wanted a more concrete defentiotion. The ubiquitous environmental special intrest group, PETA, knew of the big corporations animal testing and was outraged. Meg F

Ideologue noun a person who zealously advocates an ideology. I found this while reading a story on Yahoo. This definition is confusing so I looked up zealously as well. adjective full of, characterized by, or due to [|zeal] ; ardently active, devoted,or diligent.The politician was devoted to her decision and therefore was known as an ideologue.-Haley R. Assuage- to make milder, or less severe, to ease, to relieve. I don'r remeber where I heard this word, I just remembered it and did not know the meaning. Assuage the guilt of wrong-doing by doing right. Meagan S **[|Tergiversate]**- verb, to change repeatedly one's attitudes/opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc. The politician is known to **tergiversate** her platform frequently. -Laura F.