statement thatlessons/minimizesthe importance ofwhat is meantunderstatementfigure ofspeechinvolvinggreatexaggerationhyperbolecorrectness/uprightness,unerring infollowingprinciplesrectitudeinauthentic,not bonafide (notreal)spurioushonest andunconcealed,forthrightaboveboardactive andhappy, fullof energyboisterousnoticeable/important,standingoutsalientalertness,unbreakingattention toa dutyvigilancefalse nameor alias usedby a writer(to not usereal name)pseudonymfigure of speechwhere inanimateobject/animal isgiven humancharacteristicspersonificationsorry for pastactions,desiringforgivenesscontriteliterarydevice whereword echoessound itrepresentsonomatopoeiaFree!secretive/covertclandestineto discover themeaning (of acipher/encryption), tounderstand acodded/ hiddenmeaningdeciphermatter-of-fact, withoutspirit or styleorimaginationprosaicstatement thatlessons/minimizesthe importance ofwhat is meantunderstatementfigure ofspeechinvolvinggreatexaggerationhyperbolecorrectness/uprightness,unerring infollowingprinciplesrectitudeinauthentic,not bonafide (notreal)spurioushonest andunconcealed,forthrightaboveboardactive andhappy, fullof energyboisterousnoticeable/important,standingoutsalientalertness,unbreakingattention toa dutyvigilancefalse nameor alias usedby a writer(to not usereal name)pseudonymfigure of speechwhere inanimateobject/animal isgiven humancharacteristicspersonificationsorry for pastactions,desiringforgivenesscontriteliterarydevice whereword echoessound itrepresentsonomatopoeiaFree!secretive/covertclandestineto discover themeaning (of acipher/encryption), tounderstand acodded/ hiddenmeaningdeciphermatter-of-fact, withoutspirit or styleorimaginationprosaic

Vocab #7 - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. understatement
    statement that lessons/minimizes the importance of what is meant
  2. hyperbole
    figure of speech involving great exaggeration
  3. rectitude
    correctness/ uprightness, unerring in following principles
  4. spurious
    inauthentic, not bona fide (not real)
  5. aboveboard
    honest and unconcealed, forthright
  6. boisterous
    active and happy, full of energy
  7. salient
    noticeable/ important, standing out
  8. vigilance
    alertness, unbreaking attention to a duty
  9. pseudonym
    false name or alias used by a writer (to not use real name)
  10. personification
    figure of speech where inanimate object/animal is given human characteristics
  11. contrite
    sorry for past actions, desiring forgiveness
  12. onomatopoeia
    literary device where word echoes sound it represents
  13. Free!
  14. clandestine
    secretive/ covert
  15. decipher
    to discover the meaning (of a cipher/ encryption), to understand a codded/ hidden meaning
  16. prosaic
    matter-of-fact, without spirit or style or imagination