ELA pt. 1 Flashcards
comeuppance
Deserve punishment or fate
inaudible
Unable to be heard
dismissed
1- Ordered or allowed to leave; Send away
2- Discouraged from employment or office treats as unworthy of serious consideration
transport
1- Take or Carry people/goods from one place to another
2- Overwhelm someone with strong emotion
unsubscribe
Cancel a subscription to an electronic mailing list or online service
predict
Say or estimate that a specified thing will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something
remit
Send money in payment or as a gift, release from or forgive
climax
Turning point before the most intense part of story
unreliable
not able to be relied upon
narrator
a person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem.
curiosity
1- A strong desire to know or learn something
2- A strange or unusual object or fact
sustenance
Food and drink regarded as a source of strength/Nourishment
confuddled
In a state of extreme confusion, especially when unable to solve a frustrating problem
fortifications
A defensive wall or other reinforcements built to strengthen a place against attack
beseech
Ask (Someone) urgently and frequently to do something; implore
insolent/insolence
Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect
melancholy
1- A feeling of intense sadness
2- Having a feeling of extreme sadness
encounter
1- Unexpectedly experience or be faced with something difficult or hostile
2- Unexpected/casual meeting with someone or something
ominous
Giving the impression that something bad/unpleasant is going to happen
foreboding
1- Implying that something bad is going to happen
2- A fearful expression; a feeling that something bad will happen
malice
The intention or desire to do evil; ill will
sinister
Giving the impression that something harmful/evil is happening or will happen
offer
Present something for someone to accept or reject as so desired
empathy
The ability to understand and share the feelings of an other
