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English end of year exam key terms Flashcards

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Denotation

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The dictionary definition of a word

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Connotation

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an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning

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Inference

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A logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience

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Nefarious

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Extremely wicked

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Accomplice

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a person who knowingly helps another commit a crime

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Dexterous

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Skillfull or adroit in the use of the hands or body

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Confine

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Keep or restrict someone/something within certain limits of space/scope/time-enclosed

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Vile

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Extremely unpleasant

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Pernicious

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Having a harmful effect,especially in a gradual or subtle way

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Degradation

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Treated less important/treated poorly

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Notoriety

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The state of being famous or well known for some bad quality or deed

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Leniency

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The fact or quality of being more merciful or tolerant than expected

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Miser

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A person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible

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Covetous

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Having a great desire to posses something belonging to someone else

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Gait

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A persons manner of walking

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Avarice

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Greed

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Penitence

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Regret

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Antithesis(foil)

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A person that is the direct opposite of someone else

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Foreboding

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A feeling that something bad will happen;fearful,apprehension

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Dramatic irony

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The audience knows something that the characters do not know

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Stoic

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Confident

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Lament

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Passionate expression of grieve

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Anguish

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Severe mental or physical pain or suffering

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Semantic field

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A set of words related in meaning

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Anthropomorphism

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The attribution of human characteristics or behave to an animal or object

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Destitute

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Poverty

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Vigour

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Physical strength-force/passion

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Scarcely

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Only just;almost not

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Multitude

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A large number of people or things

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Abundance

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Large quantity of something

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Idle

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Without purpose-avoiding work

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Surplus

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Excess

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