Meira - vocab 8-10, All wave words, and all figurative language terms

Question 1

Denotation

Answer 1

The exact definition of a word

Question 2

Connotation

Answer 2

The feeling a word makes you feel

Question 3

Astute

Answer 3

Smart, sharp, intelligent, wise

Question 4

Aspire

Answer 4

To work towards achieving a goal

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Implore

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To beg earnestly

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Dexterity

Answer 6

Flexible, agility

Question 7

Espouse

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To adopt to a cause

Question 8

Exasperation

Answer 8

Annoyance

Question 9

Wistful

Answer 9

Wishful, desirous, longing

Question 10

Inept

Answer 10

Incapable

Question 11

Glib

Answer 11

Fluent, insincere

Question 12

Allusion

Answer 12

To hint to something in an indirect way

Question 13

Paradox

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A seemingly contradictory statement which in fact is true

Question 14

Irony

Answer 14

Verbal - when one says the opposite of what they mean
Situational - an unexpected situation
Dramatic - When the audience is aware of something that the character is not

Question 15

hubris

Answer 15

Having too much pride

Question 16

Simile

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A comparison using like or as

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Foreshadowing

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Hints the author gives as to what might happen

Question 18

Litotes

Answer 18

An understatement

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Ceasura

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A dash

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that mimics a sound

Question 21

Metaphor

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A comparison without using like or as

Question 22

Personification

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Giving human like qualities to an inanimate object

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Symbolism

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When something represents a greater idea

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Conceit

Answer 24

An extended metaphor

Question 25

Refrain

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Repetition

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Euphemism

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A kind way of saying something harsh

Question 27

Assonance

Answer 27

The internal rhyme of vowel words

Question 28

Hyperbole

Answer 28

An exaggeration

Question 29

Comic relief

Answer 29

When the author breaks the tension with something funny

Question 30

Imagery

Answer 30

Using words and descriptions to print pictures in your mind

Question 31

Tone

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The speakers attitude to a subject - Makes the reader feel emotions

Question 32

Militant

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Ready to fight for a cause

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Prodigy

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A reason who shows remarkable talent at a very young age

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Perpetual

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Never ending

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Befuddled

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Confused

Question 36

Tacit

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Expressed without words

Question 37

Ridicule

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To make fun of

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Atrocity

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Brutal act

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Trivial

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Unimportant

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Idealistic

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Someone who believes in the best

Question 41

Documentary

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A dramatic film of something that really happened

Question 42

Offend

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Insult

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Heinous

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Hateful

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Intrigued

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Fascinated

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Shard

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Fragment

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Engrossed

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Absorbed

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Incessant

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Continuous

Question 48

Accentuate

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Emphasize

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Eerie

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Scary, spooky, creepy, weird

Question 50

Exhilarating

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Exciting and uplifting