Anagram: letters of a word are rearranged to form a new word/ set of words
The name Tom Marvolo Riddle is an anagram for "I am Lord Voldemort."
"Literary Devices | Literary Terms." Literary Devices | Literary Terms. N.p., 2010. Web. 21 Feb. 2015.
Rollicking
Rollicking (adj): enjoyable in a loud, lively manner
"...the accompaniment of the guitar and the thin falsetto or a rollicking song..." (Dostoevsky, 157)
Elle Wood's friends added a rollicking tint to the otherwise dreary courtroom setting.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. Trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Print.
"...the accompaniment of the guitar and the thin falsetto or a rollicking song..." (Dostoevsky, 157)
Elle Wood's friends added a rollicking tint to the otherwise dreary courtroom setting.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. Trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Print.
Listless
Listless (noun): lacking enthusiasm or energy
"...walking slowly and listlessly along the embankment of the canal..." (Dostoevsky, 170)
When Elle Woods felt listless and defeated, she went to the salon for a manicure.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. Trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Print.
"...walking slowly and listlessly along the embankment of the canal..." (Dostoevsky, 170)
When Elle Woods felt listless and defeated, she went to the salon for a manicure.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. Trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Print.
Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence (noun): the study of law
"But do you think, seeing the nature of our jurisprudence, that they will or can accept such a fact..."
(Dostoevsky, 141)
Elle Woods went to Harvard Law School to pursue jurisprudence.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. Trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Print.
"But do you think, seeing the nature of our jurisprudence, that they will or can accept such a fact..."
(Dostoevsky, 141)
Elle Woods went to Harvard Law School to pursue jurisprudence.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. Trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Print.
Licentious
Licentious (adj): showing disregard for societal rules and expectations of correctness
"...what, then, explains this licentiousness, on the one hand, in the civilized part of our society?"
(Dostoevsky, 151)
Many people feel that sports fans who dress in culturally inaccurate ways to support their team are in fact behaving licentiously.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. Trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Print.
"...what, then, explains this licentiousness, on the one hand, in the civilized part of our society?"
(Dostoevsky, 151)
Many people feel that sports fans who dress in culturally inaccurate ways to support their team are in fact behaving licentiously.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. Trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Print.
Foppish
Foppish (adj): foolish, silly
"...wearing a foppish waistcoat, a somewhat worn jacket, and not very fresh linen..." (Dostoevsky, 159)
Many sports fans who paint their faces end up looking foppish.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. Trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Print.
"...wearing a foppish waistcoat, a somewhat worn jacket, and not very fresh linen..." (Dostoevsky, 159)
Many sports fans who paint their faces end up looking foppish.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. Trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Print.
Ardent
Ardent (adj): 1. enthusiastic eager
2. fiery and hot
3. shining or glowing
"...to stop the whole stream of incoherent and ardent consolations he was addressing to his mother..." (Dostoevsky, 197)
Ardent sports fans frequently paint their faces in support of their teams.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. Trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Print.
2. fiery and hot
3. shining or glowing
"...to stop the whole stream of incoherent and ardent consolations he was addressing to his mother..." (Dostoevsky, 197)
Ardent sports fans frequently paint their faces in support of their teams.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. Trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Print.
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