Unit 15 Vocabulary

a light or other signal that warns and guides; a lighthouse; anything that guides or inspires.

synonyms: beam, flare

• chasten

• celestial

• beacon

• berserk

violently and destructively enraged

synonyms: mad, deranged

• berserk

• detract

• confiscate

• data

having to do with the sky or heavens; heavenly; yielding great bliss or happiness.

synonyms: ethereal, stellar, blissful

• celestial

• pantomime

• encounter

• data

to punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc.) to restrain, moderate.

synonyms: discipline, temper

• chasten

• confiscate

• beacon

• berserk

to seize by authority; to take and keep

synonyms: commandeer, expropriate

• confiscate

• epic

• pessimist

• prosecute

information; facts, figures, statistics

• data

• detract

• precaution

• retaliate

to take away from; reduce in value or reputation.

synonyms: subtract from, lower

• detract

• epic

• prosecute

• puncture

a meeting (especially one that is unplanned); a meeting of enemies, battle; to meet or come up on.

synonyms: confrontation; happen upon

• encounter

• pessimist

• retaliate

• underscore

a long narrative poem (or other literary composition) about the deeds of heroes; an event or movement of great sweep; on a grand scale, vast, titanic.

synonyms: saga, chronicle

• epic

• precaution

• pantomime

• berserk

a play or story performed without words by actors using only gestures; to express in this way.

synonyms: mime show, dumb show

• pantomime

• precaution

• sham

• underscore