LP 1 Flashcards
adroit
adj
clever, skillful (hands/mind)
analogous
adj
similar but not identical
comparable
relationship between student and teacher is analogous to that of a father and son
avarice
noun
greediness for wealth
bog
n or v
become stuck in mud/marsh, swamp
compliant
willing to comply, yielding to request
destitute
adj / n
extremely poor, poor people
the destitute
deterrent
n/adj
prevents something from doing something
the rainy weather was a deterrent for the starting of the football game
dupe
v or n
deceive, truck
easily deceived person
encumbrance
n
burden
with the incumbrance of being the reason the team lost regionals, I cannot go to practice
Folly
noun
foolishness
it would be folly to think
involved in folly
repudiate
v
refuse to acknowledge
“she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders”
cursory
adj
hasty, so not thorough or detailed
before turning in your paper, you must give it more than a cursory inspection
anastrophe
yoda talk
chocolate i like
antithesis
contrasting ideas in parallel structure
she spoke, he cried
asyndeton
only commas
anthimeria
using a word and turning it into a different part of speech then its original
texting, snapchatting, facetiming
allusion
allude to a famous something
he’s a romeo when it comes to flirting
apostrophe
addresses non-living thing
anaphora
repetition of word beginning of clauses
anadiplosis
start with same word previous sentenced ended with
alliteration
same letter
assonance
repetition of vowel sounds
high tide
deep sleep
verbals
infinitive
i love to bake cookies (OV)
gerunds
verb acting as noun
eating ice cream is fun
particple
verb as adjective
boiling water
app
renaming teacher
NDA
macie, do the dishes
