Want to create interactive content? It’s easy in Genially!

Get started free

ACCISMUS

David Sabogal

Created on August 25, 2021

Start designing with a free template

Discover more than 1500 professional designs like these:

Fill in the Blanks

Museum Flipcards

Image Comparison Slider

Microcourse: Key Skills for the Professional Environment

The Meeting Microlearning

The Meeting Microlearning Mobile

Corporate Who's Who

Explore all templates

Transcript

Examples:

ACCISMUSWORD OF THE DAY

●I know you want that donut. You're just displaying accismus by pretending you don't.

●The fox dismissed the grapes even though he wanted to devour them.

/ækˈsɪzməs/- Noun

▶Is a useful term for pretending to be disinterested in something when you actually want it.

▶A form of irony in which a person feigns indifference to or pretends to refuse something he or she desires.

David Sabogal | Introductory English A1 | NRC 19080

ACCISMUS

Activity:

WORD OF THE DAY

Complete the quizziz with the recently words of the day.

Ways to express it:

▶Oh, I couldn't possibly!

▶You're too kind!

▶You shouldn't have!

David Sabogal | Introductory English A1 | NRC 19080