English Flashcards
protracted
extended in time; prolonged
dichotomy
two opposite parts of one whole
motif
a recurring theme, subject, or idea
sycophantic
being a person who flatters; a yes-man
retrospective
looking backward over a period of time
diaphanous
lightweight and transparent
impervious
unable to be affected
proffer
to present or offer
perspicacious
wise; insightful; actually intelligent
envisage
to imagine; to conceive of
obviate
to make unnecessary; to avoid
provincial
limited in knowledge of the world; narrow-minded
impetuous
acting passionately and without forethought
comportment
manner in which one acts or behaves
incisive
sharply cutting; direct and powerful
visage
face; facial expression
pungent
stinging or biting, especially in taste or smell
impetus
that which drives one; momentum
intractable
stubborn; obstinate; hard to move
petulant
irritable or short-tempered
tome
a large and serious book
punctilious
paying strict attention to detail; extremely careful
types of sentences
simple, compound, complex, compoun-complex
kinds of sentences
declarative, imperative, interrogative, exclamatory
simple sentence
one complete subject and one complete predicate (MC.)
compound sentence
2 or more simple sentences joined together (MC;MC. or MC, cc MC.)
complex sentence
contains a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses
compound-complex sentence
has more that one main clause or more subordinate clauses
declarative sentence
makes a statement and usually ends with a period
imperative sentence
gives a command or makes a request and ends with a period or exclamation point
interrogative sentence
asks a question and ends with a question mark
exclamatory sentence
expresses strong emotions and ends with an exclamation point
