English Final Flashcards
Odious
Describes something deserving hatred
Nocturnal
Something that is active at night
Palpable
Able to be felt
Tangible
Describes something that has substance or reality; capable of being touched
Disarming
Describes something that removes the feelings of mistrust or unfriendliness
Analytical
Describes someone or something that is skilled in breaking a whole into parts and examining it
Futile
Something that has no result or effect
Indifferent
Neither good nor bad
Drone
A continuous low humming sound
Saunter
To walk in a slow, relaxed manner
Disgruntled
Angry or dissatisfied
Accusatory
Indicating or suggesting that one believes a person has done something wrong
Annihilate
To destroy utterly; obliterate
Infer
To conclude from evidence and reasoning
Recalcitrant
Having an uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline
Supposition
An idea or theory that one believes is true; an uncertain truth
Clamorous
Marked by loud insistent cries; full of noise
Abashed
Embarrassed or ashamed
Despondent
Very sad and without hope
Plod
To walk slowly with heavy steps to; to progress or develop slowly
Ostentatious
Excessively showy displaying wealthy knowledge, etc. in a way meant to attract attention
Cumbersome
Hard to handle because of size or weight
Derision
Contemptuous ridicule or mockery
Subtle
Hard to notice or see; not obvious; clever and indirect
Glint
To be reflected in brilliant flashes of light
Befuddled
Unable to think clearly; confused
Alack
An expression of sorrow
Abhor
To loathe utterly
Mortal
Liable to death
Valiant
Strong; brave, heroic, or courageous
Aspire
To rise, climb, or soar
Benevolent
Well meaning and kindly
Shrine
A place in which devotion is paid to a saint or God; a tomb for the dead
Pilgrim
One who travels to a shrine or holy place as a devotee
Profane
Not sacred, secular; to debase by a wrong
Prevail
To succeed
En,it’s
Hatred
Harbored
To hold or contain
Obscure
Not well known or difficult to understand
Avenge
To indict harm in return for a wrong done to oneself or another
Wretched
Very unhappy or unpleasant
Conspire
To act or work together to plan something evil
Ignorant
Lacking knowledge or awareness
Expel
To drive out or force away
Cryptic
Mysterious, puzzling
Mock
To attack or ridicule by mimicry of action or speech
Sustain
To support, hold, or bear up
Despise
To hate
Perish
To die or pass away
Characterization
The method in which the author develops a character
Protagonist
The main character in a novel, drama, etc.
Antagonist
One who strives against another
Setting
The time and place in which a story takes place
Plot
The structure of the story
Exposition
The background information of the story
Rising Action
Conflicts that develop
Climax
The turning point of the story; interest and intensity are at its peak
Falling Action
The events that occur after the climax
Resolution
The conflict is resolved; the way things are going to be from now on
Theme
The main moral or message of a piece of literature
Conflict
Problem
Point of View
The angle in which the story is told
First Person
The narrator is a part of the story and uses pronouns
Third Person Omniscient
The narrator is an outside voice that is all-knowing and call tell a characters thoughts and feelings
Mood
The emotional effect that the text creates for the audience
Situational Irony
An event or result that is the opposite of what was expected
Dramatic Irony
When the reader or audience knows more about something than a character
Verbal Irony
When a person says or writes something, but means something else
Symbolism
An object used to represent something else
Imagery
The use of words to help the reader create a mental picture
Foreshadowing
When an author hints at events that are going to occur later
Flashback
An interruption of the story with the showing or telling of an earlier event
Allusion
An indirect reference
Antithesis
The opposition of words or phrases against each other
Analogy
A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure
Simile
A phrase that uses the words like or as to describe something by comparing it with something similar
Metaphor
When an author writes one thing as another to make a comparison and create a visual
Personification
Giving an inanimate object human-like qualities
Hyperbole
A figure of speech that produces a vivid impression by obvious exaggeration
Repetition
The act of repeating something that has already been said or written
Onomatopoeia
The formation of the word in imitation of the sound of the thing meant
Alliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of connected words
Rhyme
The repetition of sounds at the ends of lines in a verse
Incessant/Incessantly
Nonstop, without end; describes an action that is nonstop
