Vocabulary Review (26 - 35)

loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or cause.

a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work

Easily seen or noticed; standing out so as to be clearly visible

(v.) to develop or present in detail (adj.) involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning

totally without skill or appropriateness; clumsy

a specific talent for doing something, esp. one that is difficult to teach

taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory

(n.) one who expects things to turn out for the best; someone who looks on the bright side of things

A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.

determined; steadfast