Vocabulary List 6:

1. pratfall:

a fall onto one's buttocks.

2. bewilderedly:completely puzzled or confused;perplexed.

3. titillation:to excite or arouse agreeably

4. theremin:a musical instrument withelectronic tone generation, thepitch and tone volume beingcontrolled by the distancebetween the player's hands andtwo metal rods serving asantennas.

5. tabloids:a newspaper whose pages,usually five columns wide, areabout one-half the size of astandard-sized newspaper page.

6. centrifuge:an apparatus that rotates at highspeed and by centrifugal forceseparates substances of differentdensities, as milk and cream.

7. haltingly:faulty or imperfect.

8. probing:to search into or examinethoroughly; question closely

9. stagnant:not flowing or running, as water,air, etc.

10. cacophony:harsh discordance of sound;dissonance