English Quarter 1 Test Flashcards

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Vernacular

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Native or indigenous(how they say stuff)

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Figurative

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Metaphorically

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3
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Anecdote

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Short story funny or interesting

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4
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Subtext

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The underlying meaning

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5
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Abhor

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Hate extreme dislike

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Accentuate

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Emphasize

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Acumen

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Keen insight, shrewdness

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Aesthetic

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Looks, beauty

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Amiable

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Good natured, pleasent

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10
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Antithesis

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Opposite,

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Arbitrary

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Decided by judge, unrestricted, unreasonable, unsupported

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12
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Ambiguous

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Might have several meanings

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13
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Archetype

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The first model, prototype

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14
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Ascertain

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To find out

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15
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Audacious

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Extremely bold, daring, brave, fearless

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Bane

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Person that ruins or spoils

17
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Benign

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Gracious, favorable

18
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Benevolence

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Good will, act of kindness

19
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Bias

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Likes one thing over another without even judging

20
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Calibrate

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Fix something to work better

21
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Circuitous

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Not direct

22
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Coalesce

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To blend or come together

23
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Archaic

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Used long ago but not anymore