Vocab # 5

1. Shenanigans- Noun mischief; prankishness; deceit; trickery
ex) Tom's shenanigans got him in trouble with his owner.
2. Ricochet- Noun the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow; rebound
ex) The tipping point was when he tried to ricochet a cannon off the wall to hit Jerry but the ball ended up tearing through the side of the house.
3. Schism- Noun division or disunion, especially into two parties; church or state related
ex) This created a schism between cat and mouse.
4. eschew- verb to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid
ex) Tom tried to avoid Jerry so he wouldn't get into trouble yet again.
5. plethora- noun overabundance; excess
ex) Jerry tried a plethora of actions to get Tom to chase him, but nothing worked.
6. ebullient- adjective overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high spirited
ex) Jerry tried to keep an ebullient attitde towards the whole situation but his hopes were dwindling.
7. garrulous- adjective excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial manners; wordy or diffuse
ex) So he tried a new, garrulous approach where he would just annoy Tom into chasing him by talking to him.
8. harangue- noun a scolding or long or intense verbal attack; long pompous speech or writing; sermonizing lecture
ex) Jerry did not get the warm welcome he was expecting but instead got a harangue from Tom which made Jerry sad and he just schlumped away.
9. interdependence- noun the quality or condition of being interdependent; mutually reliant on each other
ex) Both the cat and the mouse were interdependent on one another to keep each other company and when one side was broken, both Jerry and Tom were lost.
10. capricious- adjective subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic; fanciful; witty
ex)The capricious situation of Tom and Jerry is a classic and anything can happen.
11. loquacious- adjective talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; babbling; wordy
ex) To Jerry's surprise, his loquacious approach actually did work and when he woke up he saw a cheese trap waiting for him outside his door.
12. ephemeral- adjective lasting a very short time; short lived; transitory
ex) This was a classic, ephemeral trick by Tom who was waiting just outside Jerry's door to pounce.
13. inchoate- adjective not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary; not organized
ex ) Tom admitted that this inchoate plan was most likely not going to work but he had a well organized umbrella plan.
14. juxtapose- verb to place close together or side by side especially for a comparison or contrast
ex) He juxtaposed the sweet temptation with the sour nature of the trap to help lure Jerry out of his den.
15. perspicacious- adjective having a keen mental perception and understanding; discerning
ex) Tom had done this many times and had a perspicacious hand at performing this trick.
16. codswallop- noun nonsense; rubbish
ex) The owner watched this event all unfold and believed it to be codswallop for Tom to trick Jerry; all he needed to do was just straight-up swipe him.
17. mungo- noun a low grade wol from felted rags or waste; shoddy
ex) The trick was quite mungo and the owner thought of a better way to trap Jerry.
18. sesquipedalian- adjective given to using long words; a word containing many syllables
ex) To distract Tom from his horrible revenge tactic, the owner talked like a sesquipedalian orator and mixed a bunch of food items into one sentence.
19. wonky- adjective shaky; groggy; unsteady; unreliable; not trustworthy; stupid; boring
ex) Tom just looked at his owner like he was a wonky person and while they both were distracted on each other Jerry came out and snatched the cheese.
20. diphthong- noun an unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varying continuously in phonetic quality but held to be a single sound and identified by beginning and end sound; digraph
ex) At the end of the episode, the diphthong sounded and all was well until the next adventure with Tom and Jerry.