veto
/ˈviːtəʊ/noun
Middle School
1
A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
2
An invocation of that right.
3
An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
4
A technique or mechanism for discarding what would otherwise constitute a false positive in a scientific experiment.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing