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Cartoon Vocabulary (List 12)

1. cascade (noun) a waterfall; anything resembling a waterfall
(kas KAYD)
Link: LEMONDADE

2. palisade (noun) a fortification of timbers set in the ground;
(pal ih SAYD) an extended cliff
Link: PAL IN THE SHADE

3. fusillade (noun) a rapid outburst or barrage
(FYOO se lahd)
Link: FUSELAGE

4. parable (noun) a simple story illustrating a moral or religious
(PAIR ah bul) lesson
Link: PAIR OF BULLS

5. paradigm (noun) a pattern that serves as a model or example
(PAIR ah dime)
Link: PAIR OF DIMES

6. patriarch (noun) the leader of a family or tribe
(PAY tree ahrk)
Link: PASTRY ART

7. maladroit (adjective) clumsy; inept
(mal uh DROYT)
Link: DRAW IT

8. malaise (noun) a vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as in
(ma LAYZ) the beginning of an illness
Link: MAYONNAISE

9. malice (noun) a desire or intention to harm others or see
(MAL is) them suffer
Link: ALICE

10. malodor (noun) a bad odor
(mal OH dor)
Link: BAD ODOR

Extra 5 words: outrageous, ozone, parasite, participle, phloem