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Vocabulary at the Movies

Vocabulary learning doesn’t stop when the lights go down and the movie starts. Here are 10 words from the scripts of movies currently in theaters. Pass the popcorn!
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  1. brink
    the limit beyond which something happens or changes
    Look around at the world. What do you see? A planet on the brink of collapse. Human beings are disposable. But man and symbiote combined, this is a new race, a new species... a higher lifeform.
    - Carlton Drake, “Venom”
  2. octave
    a musical interval of eight tones
    Music is essentially 12 notes between any octave - 12 notes and the octave repeat. It's the same story told over and over, forever. All any artist can offer this world is how they see those 12 notes. That's it.
    - Bobby, “A Star is Born”
  3. enigma
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
    She's an enigma my wife. You can get close to her, but you never quite reach her. She's like a, beautiful ghost.
    - Sean, “ A Simple Favor”
  4. posh
    elegant and fashionable
    They're so posh and snobby, it's snoshy!
    - Peik Lin Goh, “Crazy Rich Asians”
  5. bustle
    move or cause to move energetically or busily
    This place used to be hustling and bustling. Old Dean Martin even sang a song about it once.
    - Laramie Seymour Sullivan, “Bad Times at the El Royale”
  6. leaflet
    a small book usually having a paper cover
    This book is kind of big. I thought it’d be more like a leaflet.
    - Teddy Walker, “Night School”
  7. perception
    a way of conceiving something
    You’re down here and you look up and you don’t think about it too much, but space exploration changes your perception. It allows us to see things that we should have seen a long time ago.
    - Neil Armstrong, “First Man”
  8. morph
    change shape or undergo a transformation
    Sonny, they're just gummy bears.
    [The gummy bears morph into larger gummy bears and grow teeth]
    - “Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween”
  9. recant
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
    It doesn’t exist. Recant this ridiculous story and tell the truth.
    - Stonekeeper, “Smallfoot”
  10. kimono
    a loose robe originating in Japan
    Jonathan Barnavelt: Lewis, I’m your uncle Jonathan.
    Lewis Barnavelt: Are you wearing a robe?
    Jonathan Barnavelt: It’s a kimono.
    - “The House with A Clock in its Walls”
Created on Tue Oct 09 21:08:54 EDT 2018 (updated Tue Oct 16 23:04:01 EDT 2018)

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